• Gorillas Like to Hum While They Eat
• With Voices Joined in Chorus, Giant Otter Families Create a Distinct Sound Signature
• Microorganisms on Your Scalp, Ears and Elbows Can Be Turned into Music
• Enjoy the Heavenly Sounds of the Glass Armonica, Invented by Benjamin Franklin
• William Zeitler Demonstra…
Do You Hear What I Hear?
• Can You Hear the Pylons Thud? The Silent Gif Dubbed an ‘Optical Illusion for the Ears’
• A Silent GIF That Somehow Makes You Hear a Sound
• Scientist Seeks to Learn Why Some People Are Able to Hear Silent a GIF of Power Lines Jumping Rope
• A Man Builds an Incredibly Loud, Leaf Blower Powered Train Horn out of a 55 Gallon Dru…
Sense of Hummer
• A Forgotten Underwater Sound Experiment Almost Changed How We Measure Global Warming
• Computers Learn to Use Sound to Find Ships
• Earth’s Most Mysterious Hums, Ranked
• Scientists Have Finally Caught the Eerie Hum of Earth Deep Under the Sea
• Earth’s Hum: Scientists t…
Surrounded by Sound
• Since 2010, Sad Songs Have Become Less Common All over the World
• Sorry, Christmas Music Might Be Bad for Your Health
• Scientists Analyze the Moods of 90,000 Songs Based on Music and Lyrics
• The Simple Statistical Analysis That Explains the Entire History of Popular Music
• This Bird’s Songs Share…
Viewing Pleasure
• The Art of the Japanese Teapot: Watch a Master Craftsman at Work, from the Beginning until the Startling End
• New Book on Practical Geometry for Designers, Builders and History Lovers: ‘From Truths to Tools’
• Why Do We Get So Much Pleasure from Symmetry?
• Don’t Look at My Nipples
• The Faces on Every U.S. Bil…
Runway Showstopper
• Even Earless Oysters Clam up over Noise Pollution
• The Plight of the Sea Otter
• This 450-Pound Seal Removed from Alaska Airport Runway
• Huge Sunbathing Seal Brings Alaskan Airport to a Halt
• Huge Bearded Seal Blocks Airport Runway in Alaska
• Climate Change and Overfishing Bring Explosion of Jellyfish
Squirrel World News
• 10 Things You Don’t Know about Chipmunks
• How Does a Red Squirrel Cross the Road? French Local Authority Thinks It Has the Answer
• Fall Is for Squirrels
• Medieval Love of Squirrel Fur May Have Helped Spread Leprosy, Study Reveals
• Bolve Like a Stag
• Bison Comeback Story Has Bronx Accen…
Language Universals
• German Untranslatable Words
• What English-Language Courtroom Dramas Sounds Like to Swedes
• 25 Words You Didn’t Know Were in the Dictionary
• Is an All-English Classroom Good for Students?
• What Is Universal Grammar?
• What Is Neurolinguistics?
• Grammarly Debuts IOS Keyboard App to Help Improv…
Crows, Crabs, & Guano Grabs
• Crows Are Doing the Best They Can
• Can City Crows Be Trained to Habitually Clean Up Discarded Cigarette Butts?
• Hiring Crows as Street Cleaners
• Very Hungry Snails Are Guarding Coastal Ecosystems Against Climate Change
• Clam Makes Delightful Shlooping Sounds as It Dig…
The Sound of Fear
• NASA Rocket Scientists Carve the Most Incredible Pumpkins
• Get in the Halloween Spirit with a NASA-Curated Playlist of Spooky Space Sounds
• NASA Playlist of the Incredible ‘Sounds of Space’
• A “Spooky Sounds” Playlist Direct from Outer Space, Compiled by NASA for Halloween
• What Song Terrifies You?
• Fear Can Make You a Bette…
Meh
• Why Sheep Calls Have That Unmistakable Vibrato
• Scientists Investigate Why Crows Are so Playful
• Listen to the Impossibly Adorable Sounds of a Baby Sloth
• Raccoons Pass Famous Intelligence Test — By Upending It
• There’s Nothing Squirrely about a Squirrel’s Memory for Puzzles
• Chimps Understand Ro…
Food for the Senses
• Grocery Shoppers Buy More Food When the Music Is Slower
• This Song Is So Relaxing, Scientists Recommend NOT Listening While Behind the Wheel
• More Songs’ Emotional Moods Inverted with Key Changes
• The First Batch of 2018 Colors of the Year Is Here
• What You Call a Color Depends on How You Use It
Sounds Strange
• Dangerous Sound? What Americans Heard in Cuba Attacks
• Mass Hysteria May Explain ‘Sonic Attacks’ in Cuba, Say Top Neurologists
• First Recording Emerges of High-Pitched ‘Sonic Weapon’ Linked to Attacks on US Embassy Workers in Cuba
• Listen to the Sound That US Diplomats Heard When Attacke…
Howlin’ Wolves, Muddy Waters, and Squirrel Talk
• A Hurricane by Any Other Name
• The 2017 Hurricane Season Is on Track to Break the Record for the Most Named Storms
• Who Decides Hurricane Names?
• What Hurricanes Can Dredge Up: Coffins, Canoes and Creatures
• Canoe Found after Hurricane Irma Eyed as Piece of Florida Histor…