Sun, 26 Apr 2009

Laughing hyenas, wailing levees, the sound of cheese and blaring bagpipes

Now this makes me wish I were an acoustical researcher ... maybe I could capture the sound of wool growing!

Deteriorating screws in bridges, fish that listen in the dark, medical devices that use sound to treat disease, the detected comeback of a long-gone whale, the sound of hyenas, cheese, and bagpipes, and what evolution can teach us about cowardice.

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