June 2023

Astronomy ought to, in precept, be a welcoming subject for blind researchers. However throughout the board, science is filled with charts, graphs, databases, and pictures which might be designed to be seen.

So researcher Sarah Kane, who’s legally blind, was thrilled three years in the past when she encountered a expertise often called sonification, designed to remodel info into sound. Since then she’s been working with a venture known as Astronify, which presents astronomical info in audio type. 

For thousands and thousands of blind and visually impaired folks, sonification could possibly be transformative—opening entry to schooling, to as soon as unimaginable careers, and even to the secrets and techniques of the universe. Learn the total story.

—Corey S. Powell

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+ It’s time to get into steel detecting (no actually, it’s!)
+ In the meantime, over on Mars…
+ A pair within the UK determined to get married on a shifting prepare, as a result of why not?
+ Even large manta rays want a bit TLC each every now and then.