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He'll Retune Your Living Room
Psychoacoustic engineers like Chris Kyriakakis work to perfect the way music sounds in imperfect environments as diverse as symphony halls, your living room and your ears.
View ArticleA Trailblazing Black Architect Who Helped Shape L.A.
When Paul Williams decided to become an architect, people told him no white clients would work with an African-American. But he persevered, eventually designing thousands of buildings, including the...
View ArticleDigital Domain Grapples With Fur, Feathers
The Legend of Tembo.'/>A Venice, Calif., special-effects house has cornered the market on some of the most difficult FX — from rain to the human likeness. NPR's Melissa Block visits Digital Domain's...
View ArticleBreakthrough Pain Treatment Or Snake Oil? You Decide.
A painkiller cream is based on sound scientific reasoning, but hasn't undergone tests to prove it works. You can buy it on the Internet, but should you?
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