The Sound MachineRoald Dahl
The Sound Machine
by Roald Dahl · first published 1977
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I am astounded that no one has mentioned "The Sound Machine" by Roald Dahl (1949), in which a scientist invents a machine that makes ultrasonic sounds audible to humans. He discovers that plants scream when cut. You can read it at https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1949/09/17/the-sound-mach...
on “Sounds emitted by plants under stress are airborne and informative” ↗Last time something similar to this was posted, somebody recommended [0] "The Sound Machine" [1], a short story by Road Dahl. If you have thirty minutes to spare, you won't regret reading it. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35403491 [1] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1949/09/17/the-sound-mach...
on “The Sounds of Invisible Worlds” ↗Roald Dahl wrote a short story, 'The Sound Machine' that's on very similar lines. Looks like it can be found in its entirety here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1949/09/17/the-sound-mach...
on “Plants don’t have ears. But they can still detect sound” ↗The Sound Machine By Roald Dahl September 10, 1949 A man named Klausner invents a machine that can hear sound the human ear cannot hear. It reproduces the sounds on a lower pitch so that human beings can hear it. With…
on “Anesthesia works on plants too, and we don’t know why” ↗