In late 1920, a Soviet research project produced the theremin, a bizarre new instrument whose ghostly sound would later ...

In 1988, a group of scientists investigated their lab after several unusual incidents and found a sub-perceptual explanation. A new experiment added evidence that sounds we cannot hear may be to blame ...

(Qi Yang/Moment/Getty Images) Sound waves already used in medical scans may have a surprising new target: viruses. In lab ...

From the heartbreak of an early flight failure to a resounding triumph over the Norwegian Sea, the Boundary Layer Transition ...

Almost every month, Emory University physicist Justin Burton and his graduate students step out of the lab and bring loud, ...

Starting a garden often feels overwhelming at first glance, especially when seed packets list terms that sound more like ...

The Aztec skull whistle produces a shrill, screaming sound. A study shows that these whistles have a disturbing effect on the human brain. The Aztecs may have deliberately used this effect in ...

AI systems are getting easier to build, but harder to understand. As outputs become less predictable and workflows more ...

That’s no ghost—it’s low-frequency sound waves known as infrasound.

The odor receptors in the nose are not distributed at random but organized in a precise spatial pattern, two new studies reveal. By Emily Anthes Over the last century, scientists have mapped several ...

Most hearing aids can make speech louder and soften certain background sounds, but they still struggle with the part human ...

If someone has ever told you to clean up your workspace, stop talking to yourself, or please just pay attention, you may have ...