One of the Last Pay Phones in New York City Moves to a Museum
Located in Times Square until last month, the pay phone is now on display at the Museum of the City of New York
Beginning in Mid-July, Dial 988 for the Mental Health Hotline
The three-digit code will be like 911, but for mental health emergencies only
In the 25 Years Since Its Launch, AOL Instant Messenger Has Never Been ‘Away’
While some aspects of AIM seem like relics of a different version of the internet, others remain deeply embedded in the social media landscape
These Space Scientists Want to Update Earth’s Message to Extraterrestrials
The broadcast builds on the 1974 Arecibo message and portrays information about science, math and human life
Orangutan’s Vocabularies Are Shaped by Socializing With Others, Just Like Humans
A new study reveals apes have distinct and flexible ‘vocal personalities,’ opposed to a fixed repertoire of calls
How Bones Communicate With the Rest of the Body
A new vision of the skeleton as a dynamic organ that sends and receives messages suggests potential therapies for osteoporosis and other problems
Robots May Soon Fix and Fuel Satellites in Space
Orbiting machines that grip, grapple and maneuver could one day maintain the fleet of small spacecraft that encircle Earth
Do Birds Have Language?
In the cheeps, trills and tweets of birdsong, scientists find some parallels with human speech
Chimpanzees Appear to Use Insects to Treat Their Wounds
In a first, chimps in Gabon were seen applying insects to sores on themselves—and others, a possible show of empathy
A Hippo’s Response to an Unknown Caller? A Blast of Poop and a Rowdy Holler
The lumbering animals respond calmly to their grunting and groaning friends, but a stranger’s voice often prompted a loud, filthy territorial response
Why Do Dogs Tilt Their Heads? New Study Offers Clues
The adorable behavior may be a sign of concentration and memory recall
Could We Chat With Whales?
An ambitious project is attempting to interpret sperm whale clicks with artificial intelligence, then talk back to them
Baby Bats Babble—Just Like Human Infants
Both species make similar sounds as they develop language skills at an early age
Rattlesnakes Fool Humans Into Thinking They’re Nearby With This Sound-Warping Trick
A new study reveals the snakes change the speed of their rattles to appear closer than they are
How Algae Communicate
Smithsonian scientist Valerie Paul studies the ways marine biochemicals can potentially help restore coral reefs and create new biomedicine
The First Mobile Phone Call Was Made 75 Years Ago
The evolution of the cell phone illustrates what it takes for technologies to go from breakthrough to big time
How the Pandemic Has Revealed the Promise and Perils of Life Lived Online
For good and for bad, Covid has propelled us even faster into immersive communication technologies
Biologist Marie Fish Catalogued the Sounds of the Ocean for the World to Hear
Scientists once thought marine life kept quiet. Then the Navy tapped an aptly named researcher with an open mind
When Radio Stations Stopped a Public Figure From Spreading Dangerous Lies
When radio was king, many outlets chose to cease broadcasting Father Charles Coughlin’s anti-Semitic sermons
Kangaroos Communicate With Humans Like Dogs in Experiments
The study suggests people may have previously underestimated the communication abilities of other non-domesticated species
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