Determining the "loudest recorded sound" depends on how you define sound and on which measurements you choose to include.

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FROSTI is a new adaptive optics system that precisely corrects distortions in LIGO’s mirrors caused by extreme laser power.

Regarded as the father of medicine, Hippocrates was also the first food historian, exploring human nutrition and linking wisdom to science.

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A rave for kids at the Asian Art Museum this weekend and a holiday market at SFMOMA, plus lots more across the city.

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