Do you hear what I hear? Probably not, because in this episode, we're bringing things down several notches to learn about quiet. Does it have a scientific definition? Is it all just relative? Should crickets have podcasts? Join us as we (ok, maybe not so) quietly contemplate quiet.
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[Truth or Fail]
Larval reef fish bury their heads in the sand to reduce noise
Quieter Bison bulls get more mates
Dolphins quiet their clicks to ambush each other
[Trivia Question]
Loudness of lead singer in Billboard Hot 100 from 1946-2020
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/986837
[Fact Off]
Water-based sound suppression systems for rocket launches
https://www.nas.nasa.gov/SC15/demos/demo10.html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022460X23003528
Small tree crickets use leaves to amplify their chirps
[Ask the Science Couch]
Quietest period in history of the Earth (of all time & anthropocene)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-017-0051-y
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X13000506?via%3Dihub
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abd2438
[Butt One More Thing]
Unplanned 9/11 study shows whale poop stress levels associated with ship noise
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2011.2429
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