An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: A mind-controlled hearing aid that allows the wearer to focus on particular voices has been created by scientists, who say it could transform the ability of those with hearing impairments to cope with noisy environments. The device mimics the brain’s natural ability to single out and amplify one voice against background conversation….
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Shrinking moon might be generating moonquakes
The moon is shrinking as its interior cools. As it shrinks, its crust wrinkles and cracks, forming “thrust faults” that, according to a new analysis, generate moonquakes. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/shrinking-moon-moonquakes-faults-wrinkles…
Algorithmic Analysis Shows That Pop Music Is Sadder and Angrier Than Ever
dryriver writes: BBC Culture reports — with some neat graphs in the article — on two different scientific studies that both found that chart-topping pop music has been getting steadily sadder and angrier since the 1950s, and that both song lyrics and the musical tone in hit songs are sadder, more fearful, and angrier than ever before in history. Lior Shamir…