A sound sleep: Move over white noise – there’s a rainbow of sounds to help you get a good night’s rest
Many are familiar with the static hum of white noise, but there’s a whole spectrum of coloured noises on the market that ...
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Sound and communication
We can use a tuning fork to see sound waves. Here the vibrations are making the waves in the water. Sounds are all around us, communicating information. Sound can travel through gas, liquid and ...
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Introduction to sound waves
A sound wave is a vibration that travels through a solid, liquid or gas such as the air or water. A loud sound has a large amplitude, a high pitched sound has a high frequency. Musicians and ...
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Habitat and evolution shape the unique sounds of birds
Birds adapt their sounds based on habitat, latitude, and size, with smaller birds using wide frequency ranges to ensure ...
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What does a hoot look like? What about a croak? Or a howl?
In a 2021 review paper, Buxton found that birdsong was best at relieving stress in human participants, while water sounds resulted in the largest positive effects to our nervous system.