What makes it particularly strange is that only certain people can hear it, while others remain blissfully unaware. It’s ...

Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of NPR's Short Wave talk about the brain benefits of quitting cigarettes, language development in premature babies, and a mysterious imprint in a Chicago sidewalk.

New research suggests that hearing voices in schizophrenia may arise from the brain’s failure to recognize its own inner speech. A team of psychologists at UNSW Sydney has uncovered the most compellin ...

In July 1982, some researchers from New Zealand plunged into the depths of the Southern Ocean to map out its soundscape in a first-of-its-kind project. At some point during their voyage, their ...

A Shared Sound Without Contact The team was intrigued by how birds living in places as far apart as Australia, China, and Zambia all produced the same distinctive warning call despite never having any ...

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The Redstone Picnic Area has about 50 residents. Many of them are creeped out after hearing these thunderous, monstrous ...

After decades of mystery, scientists have finally proven that Europe’s largest bat, the greater noctule, hunts and eats small songbirds mid-air—more than a kilometer above ground. Using tiny ...