St. Olaf News Students build sophisticated device that tests sound localization January 22, 2016 Mari Balhorn ’16, left, works with Physics Technician Devin Lackie (center) and Jake Westerberg ’16 (right) to test the SoLoArc device they designed and built along with Assistant Professor of Psychology Jeremy Loebach and Roman Tyshynsky ’16. One of the most sophisticated new research devices at St. Olaf College is able to assist with faculty research, student research, and class projects — and it all started with a meter stick taped to the wall and three students willing to go out of >>>

ANN ARBOR -- For female gelada monkeys, a grunt from a male primate won't suffice to get her attention. The call of the wild must involve moans, wobbles or yawns to entice these females, according to a new University of Michigan study involving the Ethiopian mammals. In findings appearing in Scientific Reports, U-M researchers found that female geladas who heard recorded playbacks of male vocal sequences containing one of three derived call types -- moans, wobbles and yawns--lingered longer and spent more time near the speaker. Each of these call types are acoustically interesting, the researchers >>>

The basic premise behind the horror film The Boy is that children and dolls are inherently terrifying. This point was confirmed last week when I interviewed the movie’s lead—Lauren Cohan (Maggie from The Walking Dead)—over Skype and noticed, in the backdrop, a porcelain boy doll sitting idly, watching us. Apparently, it’s just a “prop,” but how do we really know that? Either way, such was the scenery for our interview, as Cohan broke down some of the deeper elements in The Boy and what makes kids and dolls so creepy. On the face, The Boy is the story of an American >>>