What does a star's twinkle actually sound like? When we look up the night sky, the largest stars appear to flicker. Most of the twinkling we can see with the naked eye is caused by the bending of ...

The sound of a rope pulling tight. A gush of fluid, followed by a wet, dribbling noise. A blade cutting through meat. All very ordinary sounds, but given the right context and spotlight, these may ...

We honor thinking more than sensing. And to the extent we value sensing, we mainly think of the visual, what we see. But sounds also can affect us, for good and for bad. The following sampling may ...

Stop, children — what’s that sound? Is it the wind, whispering in the falling leaves? Or perhaps the moaning of the unquiet dead? Nope, it’s just The Horrible Sounds of Boo Dudes, the latest release ...