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Do you hear what I hear? Probably not, because in this episode, we're bringing things down several notches to learn about quiet. Does it have a scientific definition? Is it all just relative? Should crickets have podcasts? Join us as we (ok, maybe not so) quietly contemplate quiet.

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[Truth or Fail]

Larval reef fish bury their heads in the sand to reduce noise

Quieter Bison bulls get more mates

Dolphins quiet their clicks to ambush each other

[Trivia Question]

Loudness of lead singer in Billboard Hot 100 from 1946-2020

https://pubs.aip.org/asa/jel/article/...

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-relea...

[Fact Off]

Water-based sound suppression systems for rocket launches

https://pubs.aip.org/asa/jasa/article...

https://www.nas.nasa.gov/SC15/demos/d...

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/spa...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Small tree crickets use leaves to amplify their chirps

[Ask the Science Couch]

Quietest period in history of the Earth (of all time & anthropocene)

https://www.curtin.edu.au/news/media-...

https://www.nature.com/articles/s4156...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020...

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s...

[Butt One More Thing]

Unplanned 9/11 study shows whale poop stress levels associated with ship noise

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/do...

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