Scientists Are Teaching [Argentine] Birds to Sing Lost Songs

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The premise: Argentinian physicist Gabriel Mindlin investigates an extinction of memory rather than species—specifically, how forests lose their traditional birdsongs.

The investigation: He analyzes clues from the sounds birds make while sleeping and cross-references 1960s archives from a Buenos Aires naturalist to track melodies that have vanished from the local biosphere.

Scientists Are Teaching Birds to Sing Lost Songs

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What happens when a forest loses its birdsong? Following clues hidden in the sounds birds make while asleep, Argentinian physicist Gabriel Mindlin uncovers a hidden extinction – not of species, but of memory – and sets out to revive vanished melodies before they disappear forever.

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