Food noise has been around forever. But only recently are we beginning to understand what causes food noise and how to treat ...

Sydney Sweeney found herself in the spotlight of yet another viral moment this week after a short behind-the-scenes clip from ...

The moment the engine starts, the sound grabs your attention, but the real question is what kind of machine is behind it. Google is about to punish websites for that annoying browser back button trick ...

When we hear certain sounds, our brains often pair them with specific shapes. For example, most people will associate a sharp-sounding word with a jagged, pointed shape, while a soft, rolling word is ...

Why does “bouba” sound round and “kiki” sound spiky? This intuition that ties certain sounds to shapes is oddly reliable all over the world. For at least a century scientists have considered this ...

Lived experiences shared by identical twins Helen Besgrove and Kirsty Neal show how deeply this trait can shape memory, creativity and even professional life. Medical insights help explain why this ...

Electric cars might be fast, efficient and futuristic — but to many drivers, they still feel… empty. The silence that once symbolized progress now risks dulling the emotional experience behind the ...

Experimental synth specialist Soma Laboratory has announced Warp, a new desktop multi-effect unit designed for both studio and stage use. Soma is describing Warp as an ‘all-in-one creative companion’ ...

Not long ago, Fred Armisen was reminiscing about the sound-effect LPs he used to stock at the Chicago record store where he worked in the Nineties. These vinyl platters contained all kinds of sounds, ...

Sometimes simpler is better. The iconic Jaws theme song used just two notes to set an ominous tone, and the equally iconic sound effects in Friday the 13th used two syllables to make Jason Voorhees’s ...