In addition to the radio waves produced by human beings’ transmitters, low frequency radio waves from a number of natural...

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During the early days of radio technology, in 1903, Frederick Collins published a paper in which he set out to determine the...

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In 1958, the United States Government declared a 180 km by 190 km area as the National Radio Quiet Zone.

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During the Second World War, radio operators reported being able to perceive microwaves as auditory stimuli.

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High amplitude sounds can cause pneumothorax, a build-up of air in the pleural space that leads to the detachment of a lung...

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In order to test its satellites’ resilience to the noise of launch, the European Space Agency has built the Large European...

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Researchers from Northwestern University, Illinois, have written a paper attempting to determine the cause of the ‘obnoxious’...

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In order to substantiate the claim made in the Meghan Trainor song that it’s ‘All About That Bass,’ a paper reports the result...

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The speed of sound waves travelling in seas and oceans varies with depth due to changes in temperature and density under the...

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The Swiss scientist, Jean-Daniel Colladon, a pioneer of research into fibre optics, conducted a curious experiment to measure...

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When the Royal Albert Hall was opened by the Prince of Wales in 1871, his address was difficult to hear due to an echo which...

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