This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. Beluga whales are ...
Loud sounds may scare away animals that drop seeds. This is an Inside Science story. The effects of noise can reach organisms without ears. Because of the way living things rely on each other, noise ...
If you’ve seen an owl fly, you probably didn’t hear a thing. That’s because their skin and feathers dampen sound by absorbing high- and low-frequency flight noise. Inspired by this natural ...
As more research shows how noise pollution can have severely harmful impacts on our health, there is a growing movement looking for ways to make communities quieter and healthier. Noise - it's a part ...
Accidents and near misses in recent years between cars and pedestrians, coupled with vehicle noise and dead vegetation, have reignited a conversation about extending the sound wall that divides a ...
An ultrasonic directional speaker in action at a digital gallery, delivering precise audio narration to individual visitors without disturbing others in the space. Audfly directional sound technology ...
Wildfires are burning more severely and more often, urban noise pollution is growing into a global public health menace, and phenological mismatches—disruptions in the timing of life-cycle stages in ...
Alan Merten, president of George Mason University, expressed his concerns about intrusive sound pollution by cellphone users ["Is Hiking a Canyon Really the Only Way to Get Some Quiet?" Voices of ...
Events in Bayfront Park are creeping out of their COVID-19 hibernation, but for residents living in downtown Miami, the noise never stopped. Cars and motorcycles with deafening motors and modified ...