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Science on ice

Unexpected Elements

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Introduction

Roland Peeze looks at the impact of noise pollution on humans and wildlife. Anant Jagatir steps into the natural domain of audio, the science of sound. We'll also explore why some of us seem to hate certain sounds. And get to the bottom of an acoustic mystery with crowd science.

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Thank you for downloading the Science Hour from the BBC World Service with me, Roland Peeze. And in half an hour, Anant Jagatir steps into the natural domain of audio, the science of sound.
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We'll be looking at the impact of noise pollution on humans and on wildlife, exploring why some of us seem to hate certain sounds, and getting to the bottom of an acoustic mystery. That's crowd science
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later in the podcast.

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