How Do Owls Fly So Silently?
Owl feathers’ special structures help the wise birds sneak up on their meals.
Owl feathers’ special structures help the wise birds sneak up on their meals.
English speakers may be familiar with onomatopoeias, but they’re only a very small subset of ideophones, a broader word class can also convey other sensory experiences unrelated to sound. These Korean ideophones are sure to make your language sparkle.
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The theremin—a spooky instrument that scored the biggest sci-fi films of the 1950s—was invented by accident.
The campaign to ban “Sound Effects No. 13 – Death & Horror” didn’t stop it from becoming the first sound effects album to break the UK Top 100 charts in the 1970s.
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Vocal fry describes a specific sound quality caused by the movement of the vocal folds—and it’s nothing new.
Who knew that certain noises would eventually become as extinct as the dodo or the flash cube some day?
A vocal coach explains how to hear what your voice really sounds like when you talk and sing.
The Wilhelm Scream sound effect has been heard in everything from 'Star Wars' to 'Avatar.' But why do so many filmmakers use it?
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