Lately, Fred Sharpe has been focusing on whale noises that can be heard at the surface. He says they're understudied compared ...

When you purchase products through the Bookshop.org link on this page, Science Friday earns a small commission which helps support our journalism. One summer day when we were kids, my brother and I ...

The deepest part of the ocean lies in the Mariana Trench near Micronesia. It is dark, mysterious abyss that few of us will ever see. But now we can hear what it sounds like, thanks to a new study from ...

MOSS LANDING – From the deck of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, miles of glistening water extend through patches of fog. Other than the gentle sound of the waves lapping up against the ...

Theories about the sound's origins included an undiscovered sea creature. By 2011, NOAA scientists concluded the sound was the cracking of an ice shelf during an icequake. In the summer of 1997, ...

The founder of an erotic audio company claims listening to the sound of crashing waves can help train the brain to have better orgasms. Gina Gutierrez, 31, made the kinky claim at the TED2022 ...

When we open our ears to the marvels of natural soundscapes, we experience the energies of the world in a unique way—and begin to understand the mysteries behind them. But when we habitually ignore ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Humans are very noisy. The planet rings with the sounds of the machines we use to live our ...

Canadian researchers have found they can determine the levels of acidity in the ocean by listening to sounds found well below the water's surface with the help of an acoustic profiler developed at ...

Biochemist Martin Gruebele regularly dons a pair of headphones in his lab at the University of Illinois. But instead of music, he listens to a cacophony of clinking, jarring noises — as if a group of ...