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Popular Science

Winter 2019
Magazine

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. We deliver the future now.

THESE WALLS TALK TOO MUCH

Popular Science

CONTRIBUTORS

sound it out

a quiet place

animal noises are off the charts

play it again

imagine your voice on other planets

the croak heard round the world

the loudest stuff we’ve ever measured

how birds got their groove

death by stereo

bang-bang

it shot me down

FOR THE RECORDS

STRUM MACHINE

CALLS OF THE WILD

SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE

TYPE RIGHT-ER

POD IN FULL

A SIMPLER TIME

THE BEAT IS CHEAP

HEAR NO EVIL

IS LIFE LUOD IN THE OCEAN?

NOW HEAR THIS (BEFORE YOU CAN’T)

Seven sounds science has yet to solve

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.

PAPA, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

STATIC ON THE LINE • WHEN OUR FARTHEST-OUT CRAFT CALL HOME, SPACE ITSELF SENDS A MESSAGE

noise level • With restaurants getting louder than ever, a team of acoustic specialists tries to clear the table of conversation-killing din.

AGONY & ACTS ESAY • ASMR videos give fans an almost-orgasmic release—but send others into a rage. That overlap could unlock the secret of how sound gets under our skin.

ASMRtistry • YouTube hosts mil l ions of videos meant to incite ASMR—and they’re not just careless whispers. Two creators share their motivations and methods.

Timeline of a Trend • A brief history of ASMR research

how to bring on brain tingles

what does sound feel like? • Two people can have radically different reactions to the same noise. Here are the physiological responses that distinguish an ASMR addict from a miserable misophonic.

MAKING IT OLD-SCHOOL

welcome to the quietest place on earth • STEVE ORFIELD, PRESIDENT OF ORFIELD LABORATORIES

to go silent, sometimes you need to make some noise • DAN GAUGER, DISTINGUISHED ENGINEER FOR BOSE CORPORATION

i use echolocation to “see” the world • DANIEL KISH, PRESIDENT OF WORLD ACCESS FOR THE BLIND

sound bites • The snap of a fresh carrot or the glug of a chocolate fountain are arguably among the finer pleasures in life. But what causes our snacks to crackle and pop, and exactly why do we care? Here are five expert opinions on the acoustics involved in your favorite fare.

how to speak simlish • ROBI KAUKER, SENIOR AUDIO DIRECTOR FOR MAXIS STUDIOS AT ELECTRONIC ARTS

flower power • SREEKANTH “SHREK” CHALASANI, NEUROBIOLOGIST AT THE SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES

my sonic experiments messed me up • REBECCA MURSIC, PH.D. STUDENT IN PSYCHOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA

if monkeys could talk… • ASIF GHAZANFAR, NEUROSCIENTIST AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

the secret life of earwax • STEPHEN TRUMBLE, MARINE BIOLOGIST AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY

signal in the noise

hold me closer… tony danza?

shape-shifting sounds

can a blindfold boost my hearing?

I WISH SOMEONE WOULD INVENT…


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Frequency: One time Pages: 124 Publisher: Camden Media Inc. Edition: Winter 2019

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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. We deliver the future now.

THESE WALLS TALK TOO MUCH

Popular Science

CONTRIBUTORS

sound it out

a quiet place

animal noises are off the charts

play it again

imagine your voice on other planets

the croak heard round the world

the loudest stuff we’ve ever measured

how birds got their groove

death by stereo

bang-bang

it shot me down

FOR THE RECORDS

STRUM MACHINE

CALLS OF THE WILD

SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE

TYPE RIGHT-ER

POD IN FULL

A SIMPLER TIME

THE BEAT IS CHEAP

HEAR NO EVIL

IS LIFE LUOD IN THE OCEAN?

NOW HEAR THIS (BEFORE YOU CAN’T)

Seven sounds science has yet to solve

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.

PAPA, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

STATIC ON THE LINE • WHEN OUR FARTHEST-OUT CRAFT CALL HOME, SPACE ITSELF SENDS A MESSAGE

noise level • With restaurants getting louder than ever, a team of acoustic specialists tries to clear the table of conversation-killing din.

AGONY & ACTS ESAY • ASMR videos give fans an almost-orgasmic release—but send others into a rage. That overlap could unlock the secret of how sound gets under our skin.

ASMRtistry • YouTube hosts mil l ions of videos meant to incite ASMR—and they’re not just careless whispers. Two creators share their motivations and methods.

Timeline of a Trend • A brief history of ASMR research

how to bring on brain tingles

what does sound feel like? • Two people can have radically different reactions to the same noise. Here are the physiological responses that distinguish an ASMR addict from a miserable misophonic.

MAKING IT OLD-SCHOOL

welcome to the quietest place on earth • STEVE ORFIELD, PRESIDENT OF ORFIELD LABORATORIES

to go silent, sometimes you need to make some noise • DAN GAUGER, DISTINGUISHED ENGINEER FOR BOSE CORPORATION

i use echolocation to “see” the world • DANIEL KISH, PRESIDENT OF WORLD ACCESS FOR THE BLIND

sound bites • The snap of a fresh carrot or the glug of a chocolate fountain are arguably among the finer pleasures in life. But what causes our snacks to crackle and pop, and exactly why do we care? Here are five expert opinions on the acoustics involved in your favorite fare.

how to speak simlish • ROBI KAUKER, SENIOR AUDIO DIRECTOR FOR MAXIS STUDIOS AT ELECTRONIC ARTS

flower power • SREEKANTH “SHREK” CHALASANI, NEUROBIOLOGIST AT THE SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES

my sonic experiments messed me up • REBECCA MURSIC, PH.D. STUDENT IN PSYCHOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA

if monkeys could talk… • ASIF GHAZANFAR, NEUROSCIENTIST AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

the secret life of earwax • STEPHEN TRUMBLE, MARINE BIOLOGIST AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY

signal in the noise

hold me closer… tony danza?

shape-shifting sounds

can a blindfold boost my hearing?

I WISH SOMEONE WOULD INVENT…


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