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...hair cells, and specifically we're looking at the outer hair cells. When they're overexposed or stimulated at too high a level for too long a duration, they end up being metabolically exhausted. They are overworked. They temporarily lose their function, so sound has to be made louder in order for you to hear it. These cells can recover after a single exposure, but if you overexpose them often enough, they end up dying, and you lose that functional ability inside your inner ear. The cells that die are not replaceable...
...this year, the red-winged blackbird hysteria seems louder than ever. Joggers along Lake Michigan have gotten plucked. Workers on the edge of the city's downtown business district have lunched on street corners instead of park benches to avoid becoming part of a reenactment of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 classic The Birds. Experts say it appears urban red wings are more aggressive than their rural counterparts, partly because the city birds are particularly sensitive to (or fed up with) excessive human encroachment on their turf...
...little girl tugs petals from a daisy, counting them in the meandering, unordered way of a child just learning--until she is drowned out by a louder count, one that culminates in a mushroom cloud. Then Lyndon Johnson's voice: "We must either love each other, or we must...
Euro 2008 will reach a record audience in the U.S. this year. Ever louder exclamations of joy and despair will resonate not only from European immigrants but from their second-, third- and fourth-generation offspring, augmented by a growing Hispanic audience. For the first time, ESPN is televising every game. The final will be shown on a big broadcast network, ABC, and the ratings could top the National Hockey League's finals - unthinkable even 10 years ago. "There's a big fan base for each team here. And U.S. fans love big events: they love something where the excitement builds...
...saying goes, “Actions speak louder than words.” That certainly would be the case with junior high jumper Becky Christensen, who, despite being sparing in words, is not sparing in her ability to flat out jump. “[Becky’s] not one of the most vocal people on the team,” co-captain Sally Stanton said. “But she is definitely one of the most consistently good competitors on the team.” With a tough act to follow having won the high jump at the outdoor...