Cowbirds are special among songbirds for the "watery" timbre of their singing, which resembles the sound of falling droplets ...

Helium leaks are hard to detect. Helium is odorless, colorless, tasteless, and does not react with other chemical substances.

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., second only to heart disease. But a new cancer treatment method ...

A wildfire burns in the hills of a Los Angeles suburb, leaping from one patch of dry brush to another as it approaches a cluster of homes. The landscaping at the first house burns, but the house ...

Two new all-in-one soundbars promise the ultimate in home cinema experience. First up is the new Mu-so Hekla by French audio brand Focal, a slender black monolith that incorporates no less than 15 ...

As synthesizers and drum machines became more affordable in the 1980s, novel technology became as common in new wave groups as guitars were in the punk and rock and roll bands that preceded them. This ...

The Sonu Band uses personalized sound therapy—not steroids—to redefine allergy relief. Soundhealth, the startup behind Sonu, announced the AI wellness wearable is FDA-cleared for children. There’s ...

No audio available for this content. Scientists at Japan’s Nagoya University have used Japan’s extensive network of GNSS receivers to create the first 3D images of atmospheric disturbances caused by ...

A quiet revolution is taking shape in the world of physics, and it doesn’t rely on exotic particles or massive particle colliders. Instead, it begins with something much more familiar—sound.

At the start of my career, I used to do acoustic testing in an anechoic chamber where sound is not reflected as it gets absorbed. But the quietness of these chambers always got me thinking of how ...

That now classic tagline (from Alien, one of the greatest science-fiction horror movies ever made) hinges on a big assumption that most of us broadly make: space is empty. And it is—mostly. But there ...