sound

Nature sounds, wave sounds, even city sounds—here’s background noise from whichever vacation you wish you were on.

Zombie, cathedral, and Darth Vader are just a few of the voice filters available through the Voicemod app.

It's so quiet at Orfield Laboratories in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that you can hear your lungs, stomach, and heart working.

Unsurprisingly, Fifth Harmony’s “Work From Home” is on the list. So is “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” by The Police.

Choose “Bohemian Rhapsody” if you’re feeling extra confident—or stick to one of Queen’s less operatic tunes.

The urge to pretend you're the lead singer of Journey while bathing is no accident. Showers are ideal places to optimize your vocal range.

Less Felix, more Fluffy.

We look into what neuroscience has to say about ASMR, or autonomous sensory meridian response—one of YouTube's most popular subjects.

Hearing is all about perception.

Loud music is great for morale, but not so great for your ears.

You know you can't always believe your eyes. Turns out you can't always believe your ears either.

The mysterious sound clip has a perfectly rational and non-demonic explanation.

Users of the SoundPoint app can check up on decibel readings at local hotspots to help guarantee a quiet night out.

There's a lot we don't know about how whales hear.

One of life's most pressing questions, explained.

It's a feat some scientists thought was impossible.

Someone has to decide what BB-8 is going to sound like.

Calling Thunder juxtaposes the sounds of modern New York City with the sounds of the species that once roamed there.

Before cell phones and walkie-talkies, curved walls were carrying messages from one end of a room to another.

It's not only aircraft that break the sound barrier.