The last time we took a break from any scientific considerations and blatantly entertained our minds with something equally crazy and inventive, there was just one easy option. Of course, it was ...

Electrons in graphene just broke their own sound barrier. Scientists created a controllable electronic shockwave inside a ...

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Karen Hopkin: Bats rely on echolocation to navigate the night skies and to chase down and capture even erratically moving prey. But even more impressive than their aerial acrobatics are the mental ...

The film "What Is Sound?" from 1949 explores the concept of sound, explaining that sound is produced by vibrations of objects. It demonstrates various experiments showing how sounds are created and ...

The acoustic properties of an ultracold fermion gas have been measured either side of the superfluid transition temperature in an experiment that has been described as “near perfect” and “beautiful”.

Bats are born knowing the speed of sound. This may not be shocking, as they rely on echolocation to find food and avoid crashing into trees in the dark. But unlike birds that learn their songs, or ...