Beware the Roar of Traffic: Study Shows Road Noise Makes Your Blood Pressure Rise – Literally
Study shows the sound of traffic is associated with increased risk of hypertension, calls for public health measures to reduce noise exposure. If you live…
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Noise and Light Pollution Changes Which Species of Birds Visit Our Backyards
A new study reports that birds across the continental U.S. tend to avoid backyard feeders in louder areas. When light and noise pollution were both…
Understanding the Concept of Quietness: Measuring Quiet Sound Diversity
The world is filled with myriad sounds that can overwhelm a person with relentless acoustics. Noise is so prevalent in everyday life that the concept…
Creating a Phantom River: Experimental Broadcast of Whitewater River Noise Drives Bats and Birds Away
While many might consider a walk in the woods to be a quiet, peaceful escape from their noisy urban life, we often don’t consider just…
Year of the Quiet Ocean: Emerging Hydrophone Listening Network Will Study Seas Uniquely Quieted by COVID Pandemic
Amid COVID pause in marine activities, growing network aims to monitor soundscapes, assess changes in behavior of marine life; More than 200 widely-distributed non-military hydrophones…
Noise Affects More Than Just Your Ears
It has long been known that noise affects animal behavior, just look at our personal reactions and behaviors when stuck in a noisy city. But…
Coding Scheme Guarantees Fastest Possible Delivery of Data
In the upcoming issue of the journal IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, researchers from MIT, Tel Aviv University, and Google prove mathematically and explain a…
Baleen Whales Disturbed by Underwater Noises From 120 Miles Away
It’s a well-known fact that noises carry a lot further underwater than in the air, but recently marine biologists noticed that underwater noises might disturb…
