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The ear is quicker than the eye: making discoveries by turning visual data into audio

February 23, 2015 Ron Cowen

Read my Scientific American article about the discoveries made when scientists turn data into sound. If you don’t have a Scientific American subscription, you can read the pdf version of the piece.

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Science Writer

Ron Cowen

Award-winning science writer with a passionate interest in the intersection of popular culture and the physical sciences. Articles include features and news stories on the earliest known recorded sounds, an essay on Hubble Space Telescope photography and evidence suggesting the universe is a hologram.

Dubbed “the scoop machine,” by the Knight Science Journalism Tracker, Ron has been published in National Geographic, Nature, The New York Times, Science, Science News, Scientific American, and US News & World Report.

To get in touch with Ron, email him at roncowen [at] msn.com.