- Researchers were able to re-create a bird's song by reading only its brain activity, reproducing a songbird's complex vocalizations down to the pitch, volume and timbre of the original. The study is a first step towards developing vocal prostheses for humans who have lost the ability to speak. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)00733-8?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982221007338%3Fshowall%3Dtrue 395 comments science