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Speech and music are the dominant elements of an infant’s auditory environment. While past research has shown that speech plays a critical role in children’s language development, less is known about the music that infants hear.
May 31, 2024
Noise-canceling headphones have gotten very good at creating an auditory blank slate.
May 27, 2024
The latest findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2021, published today in The Lancet, forecast that global life expectancy will increase by…
May 17, 2024
As carbon dioxide (CO2) levels rise in the atmosphere, the Earth will continue to warm.
Apr 18, 2024
Researchers have found that soil bacteria called Streptomyces release toxic proteins shaped like umbrellas to fight off their rivals, especially those of their own species.
Apr 17, 2024
In a speech to a group of religious broadcasters in February, Donald Trump promised to create a task force to counter “anti-Christian bias,” which he said…
Apr 15, 2024
Alaska's waters are a vital fishery for salmon, and the complex marine food webs that support this fishery are of great interest to scientists studying the impact of climate change.
Apr 5, 2024
A study led by researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle and the Freie Universität Berlin has shown that upcoming space missions to the icy…
Mar 22, 2024
Researchers from the University of Washington discovered a significant reason behind the decline in nighttime pollinator activity, attributing much of it to human actions.
Feb 10, 2024
For more than a century, American cities have been sliced and diced by high-traffic roadways.
Nov 28, 2023
Most anyone who’s used noise-canceling headphones knows that hearing the right noise at the right time can be vital.
Nov 10, 2023
Data centers — dedicated spaces for storing, processing and disseminating data — enable everything from cloud computing to video streaming.
Jul 8, 2022
Using the graphics card, the team could fine-tune how plasmas entered the reactor, giving the researchers a more precise view of what’s happening as the…
Jul 23, 2021
In this year of extreme weather events — from devastating West Coast wildfires to tropical Atlantic storms that have exhausted the alphabet — scientists and…
Oct 17, 2020
