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This 'Tractor Beam’ Can Move Objects With Sound

The future is here.

12 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Voice Actors

When Bruce Willis is too busy to re-record own breathing, they call in the professionals.

Babies May Need to Move Their Tongues to Understand Speech

A new study finds that babies can distinguish between sounds better if they can move their tongue.

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Immerse Yourself in the Sounds of the National Parks

The ambient sounds of the National Parks of the Southwest is about to be your new favorite album.

6 Sssecrets of a Snake-Sound Scientissst

It's not all hiss, rattle, and slither. Snakes can also growl, fart, and shriek.

Hate the Sound of People Chewing? You Might Have Misophonia

Some researchers argue that being aggravated by mouth-related sounds can be a psychiatric disorder.

Scientists Gave a Crocodile Helium to Understand How Its Vocals Work

Imagine a bunch of crocodiles inhaling balloons! (That's not quite what happened, but we can dream.)

Voters Like Candidates With Lower Voices, Scientists Find

The difference isn't just about a candidate's gender, either.

Nightingales Who Sing Well Make the Best Fathers

Males who sing more complicated, orderly songs feed their children more often.

The Hidden Reference to The Beatles in Old Macs

One Apple engineer decided to let it beep.

Large Hadron Collider Technology Is Rescuing Historic Audio

Particle physicists Carl Haber and Vitaliy Fadeyev have discovered a way to use Large Hadron Collider technology to preserve historic audio.

5 Sounds You Probably Can't Hear

Think you have perfect hearing? There are still plenty of sounds in the world that you can’t detect.

9 Strange Sounds No One Can Explain

Was that mysterious "bloop" in the ocean made by a whale? Or by something much more mysterious? Investigators still don't know.

Why Do You Hate the Sound of Your Own Voice?

When you speak, vibrations from your vocal cords resonate in your throat and mouth, and some get transmitted and conducted by the bones in your neck and head. The inner ear responds to these just like any other vibrations, turning them into electrical sig

What Determines What Your Voice Sounds Like?

As a marker of singularity, our voices are as effective as our fingerprints. Though people may share a similar pitch or certain vocal characteristics, under close examination, no two voices are alike. Height, weight, hormones, provenance, allergies, struc

Why Do Shells Sound Like the Ocean?

Matt answers today's Big Question.