When the car detects an impending crash, it emits an audio signal, causing your ear muscles to contract to protect your hearing.

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Your ears aren't the only thing you have to worry about.
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Was that mysterious "bloop" in the ocean made by a whale? Or by something much more mysterious? Investigators still don't know.
When you speak, vibrations from your vocal cords resonate in your throat and mouth, and some get transmitted and conducted by the bones in your neck and head. The inner ear responds to these just like any other vibrations, turning them into electrical sig
As a marker of singularity, our voices are as effective as our fingerprints. Though people may share a similar pitch or certain vocal characteristics, under close examination, no two voices are alike. Height, weight, hormones, provenance, allergies, struc