The Pacific Ocean waters off Southern California used to be much quieter hundreds of years ago. Then came the Industrial Revolution, commercial shipping and about 15 extra decibels (dB) of noise. That ...

Thanks to the likes of the Amazon Echo and Google Home, we’re well and truly used to the concept of “always listening” devices here in 2018. But an “always listening” device that’s located 3,000 feet ...

Getting a good night’s sleep is hard. A third of all American adults report getting less than the daily recommended amount of sleep nearly every night. Too little noise, and the mind starts to race.

With the popularity of white noise machines and apps that play soothing sounds, such as raindrops on a roof and ocean waves, or actual white noise, you might think there’s firm proof that these ...

The ocean is a noisy place, buzzing with sounds created by wildlife, weather, seasons and earthquakes. For sea animals, these sounds form their natural “soundscape”, but a new article in Science shows ...