Different releases of Michael Jackson's song "Black or White" show increasing loudness over time. Your parents are officially correct. Nowadays, pop music all sounds pretty much the same. Researchers ...

If you’ve ever watched a documentary, the traditional format is quite simple: footage paired with recorded narration and a score. “32 Sounds” takes that idea in a different direction: both the ...

December 17, 2013 • A bubbling kettle, walking the twins to school, a trolley ride and a neighbor's hammer drill — all sounds of an expat's life abroad.

Complaints about the emerging genre may have to do with the discomfort with monoculture surrounding it. The first time I taught Music History I, a student came to my office worried about an upcoming ...

Music snobs, take heed. Detailed analysis of songs produced between 1955 and 2010 confirms what you’ve always known in your heart to be true: modern pop music really has gotten louder, and it all ...

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.

The world apparently sounds very different to infants than it does to adults. Sometimes it's filled with a cacophony of sounds that makes it difficult for babies to distinguish a single sound from all ...

Your computer's multimedia experience loses a dimension when distortion overtakes your sound and makes audio content unbearable to listen to. When noise affects all of your computer's audio output, ...

While the best Skyrim mods can add everything from whole new sets of nature-themed spells and magic to the ability to take Lydia ice skating in Bethesda's biggest Elder Scrolls game, sometimes it's ...