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Did You Know That You Can Hear the Big Bang Using Any Old Radio or TV?
Here’s a really cool science factoid: if you turn any old radio or TV that is not tuned to any station, a percentage of that white noise you hear is the sound of the Big Bang, the moment of the...
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Apple’s Clever Method to Silence a Vibrating iPhone
Ironically, leaving a silenced phone set to vibrate on a hard surface like a table can actually create more of a disturbance when it rings and bounces around. So Apple has patented a system that uses...
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America Does a Sensible Thing and Bans Noisy TV Adverts
Here’s some great US TV news. Even better than recommissioning Babylon 5. They’ve passed a law to stop adverts being louder than the programmes they rudely interrupt, a move that will make commercial...
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In Space, Nobody Can Hear You Scream (Because It’s F*cking Noisy)
This is how it sounds inside the International Space Station, as recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield inside the United States module of the ISS. [Soundcloud via Twitter]
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These Are the Secret Sounds of All Your Electronics
We all know the telltale hum of a computer’s fan kicking on, or the barely-there buzz of fluorescent lights. But even the most whisper-quiet devices are singing their little songs of daily life; you...
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We’ve Finally Figured Out Why Kettles Whistle
This might shock you, but for over a century scientists have been pondering why kettles whistle—and completely failed to find an answer. That’s all changed now, though, thanks to two scientists from...
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