Archive for November 2019

From tiny insects to large marine mammals, animals are affected by noise in ways that might threaten their survival Bats flying with Houston skyline in backgroundCity noise can throw off a bat’s ability to use echolocation. (Richard Eden / Getty Stock Images)By Brigit KatzSMITHSONIAN.COMNOVEMBER 22, 2019 Traffic blaring on the ground, planes roaring through the…

Recently I attended the Annual AAS conference down in Cape Schanck, Victoria. I think it was a very successful conference, one of the better ones, even though, being a member of the Vic Division, one could argue that I was biased! The venue was great, the exhibition was oversold and the papers were generally of…

Samantha Dick Losing your hearing is a downer, sure, but there’s something else you should know: you could be losing your mind, too. US researchers have found a link between hearing loss and poorer cognition in people over 50, even in people who think they have ‘normal’ hearing. And this connection between hearing and cognition…