SOUND

Now’s a good time—so good, so good, so good—to dig into the rich history of Neil Diamond's iconic tune.

Don't worry: It's not because sirens hurt dogs’ sensitive ears.

Solmization, or the practice of assigning syllables to the different “steps” of the scale, originated in ancient India.

The campaign to ban “Sound Effects No. 13 – Death & Horror” didn’t stop it from becoming the first sound effects album to break the UK Top 100 charts in the 1970s.

Cats and “Pspsps” go together like toddlers and the crinkling wrapper of a candy bar that you were trying to eat in secret. What gives?

Vocal fry describes a specific sound quality caused by the movement of the vocal folds—and it’s nothing new.

While individual bubbles are fragile things, walls of them can muffle a major source of loud ocean noise.

Scientists found a key trait that makes words sound profane in multiple languages.

The frequency of cricket chirps rises with the heat, and you can use them to estimate the temperature wherever you are—no thermometer needed.

It's easier than ever to start your own podcast, but if you want it to sound like a professional production, you'll need the right tools.

Thanks to The Slow Mo Guys, we now know what wine glasses look like when they shatter at 187,500 frames per second.

Cornell University's Elephant Listening Project has captured the sounds of gorillas and other animals in an effort to study their habits and curb poaching.