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Should electronic vehicles make noise?
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Are formula 1 cars too quiet?
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What sounds are keeping you awake at night?
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How can super fast hand dryers be quietened?
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Does the sound of a coffee shop help you work?
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How weather affects sound at Glastonbury
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Can the noise of a football crowd boil eggs?
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Why is the sound of the vuvuzela so annoying
There are newspaper reports today that the vuvuzelas might be banned because their drone is annoying viewers of the World Cup. Why is the noise so annoying? The trumpets are incredibly loud (there have been reports of concern about hearing damage). Studies on noise annoyance show that louder sounds are more annoying. We are all…
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Quietest day of the decade
Around the world, tranquility is gradually disappearing as man-made sounds, especially noise from planes and cars, increasingly encroach on quiet places. There’s a lot of interest in tranquility at the moment from campaign groups, governments and researchers (e.g. [1]). The fear is that unless we identify tranquil places and try to preserve them, they will…