Popular Science - USA (2019-10)

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CONTENTS cover photograph by The Voorhes / infographic by Sara Chodosh POPSCI.COM • WINTER 2019 5 Docs uncover hidden hearing lo ...

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CONTRIBUTORS Sara Chodosh Assistant Editor Sara Chodosh earned a B.A. in neurobiology and philosophy of science at the Univer- s ...

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WHAT WOULD YOU PUT in your dream home? A pool? A wine cellar? For the 48 million Americans with some degree of hearing loss, pra ...

WHAT SOUNDS LIKE SILENCE often contains messages not meant for human ears. Some critters make noises too high- or low-pitched fo ...

14 WINTER 2019 • POPSCI.COM by Eleanor Cummins / illustration by James Gilleard MAKING NOISE IS EASY, but saving it is hard. Hum ...

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USUAL SUSPECTS imagine your voice on other planets ACOUSTICIANS SOMETIMES speculate about how conversations might carry on alien ...

IN ITS NATIVE PUERTO RICO, THE COQUÍ frog’s eponymous croak is the stuff of lullabies. According to myths of the island’s indige ...

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