Popular Science US - Winter 2019
Popular Science US - Winter 2019
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In this issue
What it’s like to sing on
another planet.
A trio of click-clacking
keyboards.
Notes can send chills
down your spine.
The audio tricks our
minds play on us.
What It's Like To Sing On Another Planet
Acousticians sometimes speculate about how conversations might carry on alien worlds. Of course, you’d have no time to chat if you stood in the open air on Mars: Your blood would boil you to death in seconds. But what about those final screams?
1 min
How Birds Got Their Groove
NATURE PUTS EVERY CHIRP in its proper place. Avian sounds— flutish trills, alarmlike buzzes, and one-note squawks alike— are immediately absorbed, reflected, and scattered by everything in a bird’s habitat.
2 mins
Seven Sounds Science Has Yet To Solve!
Seven sounds science has yet to solve
4 mins
The Song Of The Immortal Violin
The masterpieces that Antonio Stradivari created three centuries ago will not live forever. One museum hopes digitizing their melodious voice will save them for future generations.
10 mins
Papa, Can You Hear Me?
Most of us can’t ignore a baby’s cry.
2 mins
Static On The Line
When our farthest-out craft call home, space itself sends a message.
10+ mins
Comal, a bustling,
Oaxacan-inspired restaurant in Berkeley, California, has all the ingredients for the kind of ear-splitting ambience that’s become familiar in modern eateries: packed bar, open kitchen, high ceilings, and concrete walls. But when I join a dinner there one spring evening, it’s easy to jump into the margarita-fueled conversation and order up plates of grilled corn, carne asada tacos, and rotisserie chicken with mole.
10+ mins
I Wish Someone Would Invent...
Noise-selecting earbuds
1 min
Popular Science US Magazine Description:
Publisher: Bonnier LLC
Category: Science
Language: English
Frequency: Quarterly
This is the most exciting time to be alive in history. Discovery and innovation are reshaping the world around us, and Popular Science makes even the most complex ideas entertaining and accessible. By taking an upbeat, solutions-oriented look at today's most audacious science and revolutionary technology, we forecast what tomorrow will be like. We deliver the future now.
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