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Framing dissent and poverty as a menace to public order can threaten fundamental rights, particularly when it’s used to justify the deployment of predictive technology.
Just as human biases show up in machine learning systems, so, too, do people’s vagaries and vicissitudes.
As US cities struggle to reduce homelessness, two scholars explain how planners can reform shelter design to be more humane and to prioritize mental health and well-being.
The increase in the use of noise-cancelling devices at work is a plus for productivity but can discourage collaboration.
Nighttime is much more than a source of danger or an occasion to party – it’s a portal into a different world, with rhythms, challenges and lifestyles of its own.
The multi-billion-dollar whale-watching industry enables millions of people to see these magnificent creatures up close. But the noise made by so many boats is a threat to whales’ wellbeing.
An epigenetic model of cancer that incorporates the concept of stochasticity could also explain why cancer risk increases with age and how biological development can be reversible.
Here are some tips of how to rethink the sound of your leaking tap, which should help bring you a decent night’s sleep. Or you could just fix the tap.
Humans are ‘noisy neighbours’ whose behaviour has long lasting ecological and evolutionary effects on other species.
Noise-induced hearing loss is permanent, which is why looking after your hearing while you’re young is so crucial.
Using earbuds or headphones to play very loud music on devices and going to live gigs are putting up to 1.35 billion young people at risk of permanent hearing loss worldwide.
Quiet hour is a strategy aimed at making retail spaces more inclusive for people who struggle with sensory overload, but they’re not the only ones who welcome a pause in the assault on their senses.
Seashells don’t make the noise of the ocean. Here’s what’s really going on.
Brown noise sounds like the ocean and some people say it helps them sleep. Here’s what the science actually says.
Since antiquity people have harnessed sound as a weapon, and the practice continues – in new high-tech ways – today.
Noise pollution is a serious problem, and cars make a lot of it. But roads are also a factor.
The ocean is often considered a silent universe. But many recent studies highlight the importance of the soundscape for many marine species, both large and small.
When an attention-based media system always allows the noise-makers to dominate the conversation, it becomes impossible to hear the full range of voices and views.
Soundscapes impact the well-being of human and non-human urban inhabitants. Here’s how noise can change animal behaviour, both in and out of lockdown.
Top contributors
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Reader in Applied Cognitive Psychology, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Professor of Digital Sound and Interactive Media, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor in Social Sciences, University of Canberra
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Assistant Professor of Data Science, University of Virginia
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Professor of Media Studies, Penn State
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Justice and Society, UniSA, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor of Biology, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Psychology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Managing Director of the Centre for Whale Research (Western Australia), Centre for Whale Research
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Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, Queen Mary University of London
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Associate, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Computational Aeroacoustics, University of Southampton
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President of the International Commission for Acoustics & Research Officer, UNSW Sydney
