Sound is not just something we hear—it’s vibration, and vibration interacts directly with the human body at a cellular level.

It takes incredible skill and commitment to play a musical instrument, especially an instrument that requires a double reed like the oboe! Instruments rely on the vibrations of sound waves in order to ...

Someday our clothing may eavesdrop on the soundtrack of our lives, capturing the noises around and inside us. A new fiber acts as a microphone — picking up speech, rustling leaves and chirping birds — ...

Snakes may have no external ears but that doesn't mean they are deaf. Research from Queensland, Australia, has shown that snakes are able to respond to both airborne and ground-based sound vibrations.

One day, you may be able to turn up the volume with your jacket and tune out background noise with your pants. Monisha Ravisetti was a science writer at CNET. She covered climate change, space rockets ...

The Birla Industrial & Technological Museum (BITM), a unit of the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) under the ...

As an acoustical engineer, you'll be concerned with the management and application of sound-producing vibrations in real-world situations. Many acoustical engineers work with architects to help design ...

The film explores the origins of sound through three primary sources: vibrating columns of air, vibrating surfaces, and vibrating strings. It demonstrates how sound is produced by examining a tuning ...

Young children are very curious about the sights and sounds in the world around them and interested in exploring them. Although they can’t touch, smell or taste light and sound, children can still ...