19 Items Tagged

Noise

See it, hear it, and maybe even feel the planetary vibrations.

Space Makes Noise—And Here’s the Eerie Song an Eclipse Sings

Thought you could only experience the astronomical event with your eyes?

Sara Mellas March 19, 2024

Podcast: Introducing Sound Detectives from LeVar Burton

Would you recognize what can only be heard but not seen?

The Podcast Team March 13, 2024

Could Fish Sex Be Keeping Floridians Up at Night?

The mating calls of black drum fish might be the source of Tampa's mysterious thumping bass.

Roxanne Hoorn February 2, 2024

Podcast: The World’s Quietest Room

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team October 18, 2021

Researchers hope to better understand how calves communicate with their mothers.

Pandemic Quiet Means We Can Eavesdrop on Rare Australian Dolphins

Researchers are hoping to use the opportunity to get a better handle on their language.

Ronan O'Connell October 12, 2020

Hear the Soundscapes of Cities Transformed

"It is, in a word, quiet."

Matt Mikkelsen April 17, 2020

How does <i>Leocratides kimuraorum</i> do it?

Meet the Noisy, Head-Butting Marine Worms That Live Near Japan

Their "mouth-fighting" produces one of the loudest underwater sounds ever recorded.

Matthew Taub July 17, 2019

Follow along with this orca by hydrophone.

You Can Now Eavesdrop on Orcas on Your Computer

Listen to the peaceful, and sometimes not-so-peaceful, sounds of the sea for the sake of science.

Matthew Taub November 12, 2018

Three Big Cannons

Chengdu's loudest street snack is much less dangerous than its name suggests.

A view of the plaza in front of the Burger King.

Why a San Francisco Burger King Blasts Classical Music Day and Night

It's not meant to be pleasant.

Anne Ewbank May 17, 2018

This Fish's Propensity for Deafening Orgies Is Both Its Strength and Its Weakness

A single male Gulf covina is louder than a jet engine.

Cara Giaimo December 21, 2017

Invergordon, Scotland

Inchindown Oil Tanks

This abandoned oil depot produces world's longest echo in a manmade structure.

Forks, Washington

One Square Inch of Silence

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Walkway in the land art park

Hoofddorp, Netherlands

Buitenschot Land Art Park

An ingenious Dutch land art project uses grass ridges to cut airport noise pollution in half.

Juvenile spiny chromis in Indonesia.

Motorboat Noise Turns Fish Into Deadbeat Dads

Kelsey Kennedy June 7, 2017

The Ross Ice Shelf.

Listening to Icebergs' Loud and Mournful Breakup Songs

Scientists are just learning to decode the sounds of icebergs.

Sarah Laskow April 5, 2017

New FAA Flight Plans Making Life Very Loud for Some Americans

Record summer travel isn't helping the matter.

Jessie Guy-Ryan June 5, 2016

Helsinki, Finland

Kamppi Chapel

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.