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April 25, 2025

Understanding the psychological and neurological components of chronic pain may lead to better treatments. Plus, vocal researchers are learning how death metal singers safely produce extreme vocal distortions, in hopes of improving vocal health care. And, researchers isolated one kind of cone in the eye and aimed lasers at it to allow subjects to see a super vibrant teal shade they call “olo.”

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How Death Metal Singers Make Their Extreme Vocalizations

Vocal researchers are learning how death metal singers safely produce extreme vocal distortions, in hopes of improving vocal health care.

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A Precisely Pointed Laser Allows People To See New Color ‘Olo’

Researchers isolated one kind of cone in the eye and aimed lasers at it to allow subjects to see a super vibrant teal shade they call “olo.”

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A New Book On The Horrifying, Creative World Of Insect Zombies

“Rise of the Zombie Bugs” explores how parasites create real-life zombies in the insect and invertebrate world.

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