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Learn to sneeze more quietly with these science-backed techniques

Mark Frauenfelder
Mar 24, 2025
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Sneezing Etiquette (Be A Courteous Sneezer!), by Reginald Mount for the Great Britain Central Office of Information, (1940s) CC-BY 4.0

"A thunderous sneeze is a learned behavior," says Mas Takashima, chair of the otolaryngology department at Houston Methodist. He told The Washington Post that "you hardly ever hear anybody sneezing boisterously in Japan. …

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