Sounds can alter the way the brain interprets what it sees. This is the key finding of a new study by SISSA researchers in Trieste, Italy. The research shows that, when sounds are paired with moving ...

Why is it so easy to hear individual words in your native language, but in a foreign language they run together in one long ...

Denise Herzing, a dolphin communication expert, told Science News that she objects to the word “vowel” out of concern that ...

Your upstairs neighbors’ sounds may be really annoying to you — especially if you've been working from home either full time or part time since the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet there's a larger issue to ...

Meta recently announced a long-term research partnership to study the human brain. According to the company, it intends to use the results of this study to “guide the development of AI that processes ...

Although languages around the world vary greatly, some share similar speech sounds. A new study suggests that labiodental sounds like “f” and “v” are included in about half of the world’s languages ...

During deep sleep%2C the brain%27s electrical patterns follow a slow oscillating rhythm Listening to sounds tuned to brain rhythms improves memory Such sounds may also help with insomnia%2C the study ...

In a new study looking at the types of sound lions make, researchers discovered another roar that's different to the famous ...

A recent study from Brazil shows that heat stress is disrupting a critical component of photosynthesis in tree species found in the Amazon and Cerrado belt. Leaves heat up faster than the ambient air, ...

Though the sound of chewing may be unpleasant, most of us do not respond with a fight-or-flight reaction, a condition known as misophonia. A new study explored this phenomenon and discovered that, ...

When it comes to music, what we see may be even more important than what we hear. In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Chia-Jung Tsay had ...

As carbon dioxide is absorbed by the world's oceans, they become more corrosive. That's happening faster here.