Noise-canceling earbuds and headphones can be helpful when you need silence — but could they be hazardous to your health?

Doubling the number of decibels doesn’t double the ratio, as you will soon see. It’s all about logarithms, and this ends up being extremely useful when measuring something like antenna or ...

Periodical cicadas usually stick around for about a month. Scientists have concluded that the vibrating of membranes reach ...

Setting a Guinness world record can be as doable as hugging the most trees in an hour and as difficult as carving the largest margarine statue.

Eighty-five decibels is the threshold for receiving a fine, which starts at $800 for a first offense and rises to $2,500 for ...

For example, researchers exposed the crickets to four traffic noise levels commonly experienced in their natural environment: ...

"Nestlings exposed to noise rather than song were slower to grow and showed more severe signs of cellular damage," said ...

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The Portland Design Commission got its first look on Thursday at plans for a two-story, 67,000-square-foot events center.

The LVAC-200 was one of the quieter vacuums in my tests, with noise measuring 77 decibels on the lower suction setting and 83 decibels on the higher setting. It also boasts a sleek, minimalist ...

I’ve struggled with sleep issues for as long as I can remember, and my current bedroom layout certainly does not help — my window directly faces one of the busiest streets in New York City.