Tag: Orfield Laboratories

Silence is elusive

Feb 5, 2025

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by

lauraspinney

in Environment, History, Journalism, Neuroscience, Technology

THE Big Bang was spectacularly mis- named, having been “the quietest firework of all time”. Sound waves need matter to propagate through, so the explosion that created it can’t have made a din… This article first appeared in Nature on 4 February 2025. To continue reading, click here.