The Sound of Silence
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The emerging science of infrasound may help track -- or even predict -- earthquakes and other disasters. By John Geirland from Wired magazine.
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NAN REN, China -- The silence in this dusty brick-making town seems idyllic. But the quiet is really the calm after a storm -- one that residents fear will soon return.
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LONDON - The Earth&#39;s silent hum is created by interactions between the atmosphere, ocean and sea floor, researchers say. Planet Earth produces a deep, low frequency rumble far below the limit of human hearing.
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LAWRENCE -- The first sounds a visitor hears upon entering Planet Paintball are the exuberant sputter of paintball guns being fired and shouts emanating from the walled-off playing field. This clamor is punctuated by brief moments of near silence, as players are knocked out of the game in session and others ready themselves for the next onslaught.
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Millions of people across the UK and Europe are to observe a three minute silence  for the Asian tsunami dead.
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By Mark Sommer "The Voice of Reason" has been silenced.
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The Taj Mahal, the monument to loss and love, celebrated its 350th birthday quietly yesterday amid fears that too much noise might damage its marble minarets.
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LOS ANGELES  - The man is gone, but the  voice is lingering on.
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ROCKY MOUNT, Va. -- It was so quiet out in the country, the officers didn't want to make a sound. Lying in the woods, huddled in sleeping bags, they couldn't use their cars or even turn on a light.
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Dr. Howard Stark's office is quiet. Very quiet. No patients sit in his waiting room. No receptionist answers the telephone. Stark does not have a receptionist.
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"Magic Seeds," V.S. Naipaul's latest and possibly last book, is a quiet and introspective account of one man's drift through a world of revolution and social decay.
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Get some earplugs Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is hitting stores, and the sound from cash registers ringing up copies of the video game could be deafening.
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The  crescendo of noise in the oceans is interfering with marine mammal communication, campaigners say.
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The noise of the two Black Hawk helicopters shattered the eerie silence that yesterday had enveloped the city of Najaf. On board were a team of five Iraqi ministers led by Minister of State Kasim Daoud.
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Most of Europe yesterday fell silent for three minutes at 11 a.m. GMT - noon in Malta - in remembrance of the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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In the best of circumstances silence during a good performance becomes something palpable, not just an absence of noise. Involved audiences can shout approval without making a sound.
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The Israeli guns have fallen silent - at least for now. Eighteen days of unspeakable cruelty are over â-gain at least temporarily.