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Deep Voice of Alpha Male: Rival's Masculine Voice Not Enough to Challenge a Man's Dominance
May 28, 2010 — Men with a deep, masculine voice are seen as more dominant by other men but a man's own dominance - perceived or actual - does not affect how attentive he is to his rivals' voices. His own dominance ... > full story -
Hey Jude: Get That Song out My Head!
May 26, 2010 — Some 98-99 percent of the population has, at some point, been "infected" with a song they just can't seem to shake off. This common phenomenon has rarely been researched, until ... > full story -
Precise Trace Gas Analysis, Without the Noise
May 24, 2010 — Analyzing trace atmospheric gases can now be considerably more precise with the help of a device that delivers stable and reliable power to the lasers used in gas ... > full story -
What Makes Music Sound So Sweet (or Not)
May 20, 2010 — Ever since ancient times, scholars have puzzled over the reasons that some musical note combinations sound so sweet while others are just downright dreadful. The Greeks believed that simple ratios in ... > full story -
Get Rhythm: Why the Key to Finding Music You Like Is Rhythm, Not Genre
May 20, 2010 — So close and yet so wrong -- you might love heavy metal like Metallica but your music platform suggests you should also like the '60s sound of the Doors, simply because both bands are classified as ... > full story -
More Than 60 Percent of Teachers Have Voice Problems, Spanish Study Finds
May 19, 2010 — Researchers in Spain have analyzed the presence of voice disorders in male and female teachers, in order to obtain a representative statistic: 62.7 percent of the early childhood and primary ... > full story -
Baby Corals Dance Their Way Home
May 14, 2010 — Baby corals find their way home in their first days as free-swimming larvae by listening to the noise of animals on the reef and actively swimming towards it, an international team of researchers ... > full story -
Insects Not 'Hard-Wired': Young Male Crickets Grow Larger in the Presence of Abundant Male Song
May 12, 2010 — Biologists have found that male crickets growing up in the presence of abundant male song tend to be larger, behave differently, and invest nearly 10 percent more reproductive tissue mass in their ... > full story -
Scientists Investigate Acoustics in Gulf of Mexico
May 12, 2010 — Scientists from the Naval Research Laboratory recently completed an investigation of the acoustic properties of the deep seafloor in the Gulf of ... > full story -
Music Aids Alzheimer's Patients in Remembering New Information
May 12, 2010 — Researchers have shown that patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) are better able to remember new verbal information when it is provided in the context of music even when compared to healthy, older ... > full story
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