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When a lion roars across the savannah, the sound can carry for miles, shaking air, grass, and bone alike. It’s the ultimate ...

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How do we hear? Close your eyes and concentrate. Listen to the sounds around you. A fan, birds chirping, cars passing down the street. What you are experiencing are the vibrations of sound. The human ...

NPR's Jonaki Mehta and Matt Ozug talk about what producers actually do on the radio and how they shape the news listeners hear every day.

Without visual clues, our ears mishear sounds produced in front of us. Knowing more about why this happens will give new insights into how the brain works.

The human brain has an incredible capacity for processing information, from sensory data, to casual conversations, to everything we hear and read — in fractions of seconds. Not only that, our brains ...

Difficult conversations are simply part of life. At work, they’re especially important for developing trust and creating a better, healthier work environment for everybody. If we don’t bite the bullet ...

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