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 ...

Screeeeeeeech. Even imagining the sound of a person's fingernails scraping down a chalkboard is horrible. Now, new research helps suggest why the noise is such a special kind of awful. The frequency ...

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 ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...