NPR reports of the various parks and recreation centers in North America that are using sonic devices to repel teens from the premises. Philadelphia, for example, has 30 parks and recreation centers that are outfitted with a small speaker called the Mosquito. “It blares a constant, high-pitched ringing noise all night long — but one that only teenagers and young adults…
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Unidentified Sonic Phenomenon Causing ‘Hangover’ Symptoms in Brooklyn
I’m a sucker for unidentified sonic phenomena. The latest weird noise to pop up in the news comes by way of the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, where residents say a mysterious and unidentified noise has been causing painful side-effects and curious medical conditions for months. Oddly enough, some of the symptoms seem eerily… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/07/unidentified-sonic-phenomenon-causing-hangover-symptoms-in-brooklyn/…
Stephen Hawking Was Right: Black Holes Can Evaporate, Weird New Study Shows
Researchers used a sonic black hole to confirm one of Stephen Hawking’s theories. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65683-sonic-black-hole-spews-hawking-radiation.html
In a first, scientists took the temperature of a sonic black hole
A lab-made black hole that traps sound, not light, emits radiation at a certain temperature, as Stephen Hawking first predicted. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/first-scientists-took-temperature-sonic-black-hole4…
‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Movie is Getting Delayed To Redesign the Title Character
Director Jeff Fowler has announced that Paramount had delayed the release of ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ by three months, to allow the visual effects team some more time to work on the central character’s redesign. A report adds: To say that reaction to the first ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ trailer was mixed would be overly diplomatic. But at least fans were able to…
Striking Photos Capture the Unnatural Transformation of the Amazon Rainforest
There was this moment last year when I was sitting in the quietest place in the U.S. and a plane flew overhead, breaking the cocoon of natural sound. It was the sonic emulation of the world we’re creating, writ large. Humanity has crept into every nook and cranny of the planet, and now we’re being forced to confront…Read more…Source: https://earther.gizmodo.com/striking-photos-capture-the-unnatural-transformation-of-1834173419…
The First ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Trailer Sounds Absolutely Wild
Ever since the first images from the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog live action movie surfaced, fans have been in a frenzy—either because they’re excited about the cast and the potential of a new cinematic universe to be explored, or because they’re horrified by the realistic rendering of Sonic’s furry, muscular little body. On Thursday, a… Continue reading The First ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Trailer Sounds Absolutely Wild