In 1988, a group of scientists investigated their lab after several unusual incidents and found a sub-perceptual explanation. A new experiment added evidence that sounds we cannot hear may be to blame ...

The government has been conducting secret experiments for decades—and what we now know about them sounds like something ...

Infrasound waves are usually too low for the human ear to actually hear, but they can still have a negative effect on ...

The odor receptors in the nose are not distributed at random but organized in a precise spatial pattern, two new studies ...

Researchers have found that a swirling water vortex can force opposing waves to form rotating lines of stillness across an ...

Acoustic metamaterials can shape sound well, but most rely on rigid structures that are hard to reconcile with transparency, broadband performance and flexibility. Researchers have now developed a ...

Most people love the ocean, but few of us are eager to be a shark snack, thus shark repellent, but how well do these devices ...

A new U.S. competition lets teams fly payloads on a reusable spaceplane, offering rapid access to microgravity and changing ...

Inside the South Carolina State Museum, a 16,000 sq ft train exhibit creates a detailed miniature world that surprises ...

Those jolts of terror that seem to occur whenever a noise comes closer? While we assume that this is an age-old survival ...

If you’ve been searching for a family activity that doesn’t end with someone crying in a parking lot, congratulations on ...