Love it or hate it, Disturbed’s cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence” remains one of the more controversial tracks in the history of metal. Depending on who you ask, it’s either the best ...

Disturbed's riff-master talks songwriting, longevity, how Soundgarden and Alice in Chains informed his guitar playing, and ...

What is silence, exactly? In quiet moments, does the brain register silence the same way it hears, say, music? Or does it demarcate silence as the gaps between noises? Psychologists and philosophers ...

Silence might not be deafening but it's something that literally can be heard, concludes a team of philosophers and psychologists who used auditory illusions to reveal how moments of silence distort ...

After reading the above headline you are probably thinking this writer has finally lost it or is just a big fan of Simon & Garfunkel. If it is silent, how can it have any sound? Further, if you are a ...

NEW YORK — For many Americans, the phrase “peace and quiet” might need an update—at least when it comes to bedtime. A surprising new survey reveals that 38% of Americans now rely on background noise ...

Scientists have long debated how we perceive the absence of sound waves hitting our ears. DrPixel via Getty Images From the roar of a crowd to the quiet of a library, sound and silence might seem like ...

In recent years, Simon & Garfunkel’s 1964 signature “The Sound of Silence” has been transformed from a folk-rock classic into a meme, made to soundtrack running jokes between the internet and the ...

Psalm 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” Sometimes we just need to be alone. But are we ever really alone? Within our minds ...