How wide dynamic range makes dialogue harder to hear #shorts

It’s not just you — dialogue is harder to hear these days. Vox producer Ed Vega explains just one of the reasons why. There's more to the story though. You can watch our full video on the topic here: https://youtu.be/VYJtb2YXae8 Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com...

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The disastrous redesign of Pakistan’s rivers

British colonizers created a massive canal system in Pakistan — and helped cause the country’s deadly water crisis. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In late summer of 2022, Pakistan experienced a devastating flooding event. An unusually severe monsoon season induced by climate change resulted...

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Which way do you hear this audio illusion? #shorts

Which way do you hear it? Noam Hassenfeld explains the tritone auditory illusion. Let us know in the comments! Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines....

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Who was the first Asian nominated for Best Actress #shorts

The first Asian to be nominated for Best Actress didn’t identify as Asian. Confused? Vox senior producer Ranjani Chakraborty explains. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the...

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Let’s talk about the parachuting beavers #shorts

So dropping beavers out of planes was a weird relocation method but it worked 75 out of 76 times and let’s just be glad we’ve found other ways to relocate our furry friends. The Idaho Fish and Game channel has the whole video on parachuting beavers, and you can watch it here: https://youtu.be/APLz2bTprMA Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications...

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Why we all need subtitles now

It's not you — the dialogue in TV and movies has gotten harder to hear. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Have you ever been watching a show or movie, and then a character delivers a line so unintelligible you have to scramble to find the remote and rewind? For me, this moment came during...

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Two laws that make gun violence worse #shorts

We’re starting to learn which gun regulations work, and which ones might be making things worse. Joss Fong explains. Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines....

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Is this mystery celebrity River Phoenix? #shorts

Is this mystery celebrity River Phoenix? Many of you think so. If we can track down the photo Celebrity 6’s image is based on, we might be able to solve the mystery. But so far, no one has been able to find it. This is a follow up on our short about the mysterious Celebrity 6! Watch part one here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zz8yZYPizdI ...

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Who is this mysterious celebrity? #shorts

Do you recognize the celebrity on this fabric? A subreddit has been investigating the origins of “Celebrity 6” for two years now, but despite more than 200 guesses, no one can pinpoint the photo the image came from. We do research for stories all the time, but this one stumped us: maybe you have the answer. Subscribe to our channel and turn on...

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America's car crash epidemic #shorts

More pedestrians were killed in 2021 than at any time in the past 40 years, in part due to rapidly increasing size and popularity of SUVs and trucks, as well as poorly designed streets. Vox senior correspondent Marin Cogan reports about one mother’s fight for safer streets after a driver killed her 5-year-old daughter on Vox.com. Read the article...

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