The winter season produces noticeable changes in the way things sound. A freshly fallen snow, particularly if it is deep snow, acts as a baffle, breaking up sound waves and scattering them in ...

You may remember sound diffusers from your high school band practice—maybe you put egg cartons on the wall, or randomly chopped up blocks of foam. In any case, muffling sound usually doesn't look ...

On crisp winter days, when the snow has glazed over into a hard crust and instead of muffling sound seems to clarify it, bird calls come clear and sharp as they skitter over the icy surfaces and ...

A pair of high school kids has turned concern over the noise generated by F-35s flying out of Florida’s Elgin Air Force Base into a science-fair project. Or, as the Northwest Florida Daily News puts ...

While most focused on pushing drilling operations further from residences in the most recent state oil and gas rule making, some other little discussed changes also went into effect. Noise, for ...