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Science & Technology
How does the brain cut through noise to understand speech?
Rochester researchers investigate how visual cues enhance the brain’s ability to understand speech in noisy environments.
Biologist Al Uy ventures to the South Pacific to answer one of evolution’s biggest mysteries: How do species originate?