Greengrocer cicadas make a lot of noise. Most of their life is spent underground, where they are very quiet, but that changes when it's summer. Then it's party time for all the adult cicadas.

Researchers in India found the cicada species Platypleura capitata begins its morning chorus precisely when the sun is 3.8 ...

Will 2025 prove to be the year of the dragon? Or is "beetle-mania" set to make a return? A spectacularly patterned dragonfly and two very different beetles will vie with a slender-but-deadly mantis, a ...

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Noise-canceling headphones are meant to reduce unwanted ambient sounds around you. They use built-in microphones to pick up external noises, then produce sound waves to cancel out the out the external ...

Pickleball's popularity has surged, leading to 701 noise complaints in HDB estates from January 2024 to August 2025, according to Minister Chee Hong Tat. Town councils are implementing measures like ...

The City of Ottawa has cancelled 17 fines issued to protesters for using megaphones and loudspeakers during protests nearly two years ago, but some advocates remain frustrated that the noise bylaw’s ...

Eliot House is undergoing sweeping renovations that will last through 2027 — and neighboring Kirkland House residents hear it loud and clear. Construction crews began work in early June to overhaul ...

Sony on Monday (September 29, 2025) launched its premium flagship noise cancellation headphones, Sony WH-1000XM6, in India. The new overhead headphones succeed the WH-1000XM5 launched in 2022. The new ...

Forget robot wolves and missile-deflecting satellites — those things are already becoming old news. Instead, future wars just might revolve around insect-size spy robots. A recent digest of ...

Unwanted bugs may try to get into your homes as cold weather moves in this fall. Ohio State University experts say the southwest part of Ohio is especially at risk of home invasions.You may see a ...