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SCIENCE / NEWS Thu May 22, 2008 @ 8:22am neoform

BBC News -- Mysterious bands of shadow which sometimes pass across the ground during an eclipse might be produced by sound pulses, according to a new theory. "Shadow bands" have been observed travelling across the ground before and after totality - when the Moon c.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Sat Mar 10, 2007 @ 2:18am neoform

CBC -- The common view that nerves transmit impulses through electricity is wrong and they really transmit sound, according to a team of Danish scientists. The Copenhagen University researchers argue that biology and medical textbooks that say nerves relay el.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Jan 18, 2007 @ 12:07pm neoform

Physorg -- For the first time, scientists have experimentally demonstrated that sound pulses can travel at velocities faster than the speed of light, c. William Robertson’s team from Middle Tennessee State University also showed that the group velocity of sound wa.. Read More