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A new experiment has uncovered the mechanism responsible for the screeching sound made by peeling sticky tape. Using a ...

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A horse's whinny is an unusually distinctive mix of sounds including both high and low frequencies. Reporting in Current Biology, researchers demonstrate how horses produce high-frequency sounds that ...

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