Researchers have created a headphone prototype that allows listeners to hear people speaking within a bubble with a programmable radius of 3 to 6 feet. Voices and sounds outside the bubble are quieted ...

IF COMPUTERS can generate the imagery in animated movies like Toy Story 3 and Despicable Me, why can’t they also generate the sound effects to go with them? Adding sound effects to an animation is ...

MIAMI -- Plants make popping sounds that are undetectable to the human ear, according to recordings made in a new study — and they make more sounds when thirsty or under other kinds of stress. The ...