Somewhere along the long, winding road of evolution, a bunch of genes got together in a conference room and decided it would probably be most optimal for human survival if we were forced to take in ...

I've been a contributing editor for PCMag since 2011. Before that, I was PCMag's lead audio analyst from 2006 to 2011. Even though I'm a freelancer now, PCMag has been my home for well over a decade, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There was a time, not so long ago, when most of us were perfectly content with our 32-inch CRT screens and their tinny, built-in speakers.

Before you buy the wrong thing because you think it’s a deal, learn how to really improve your TV’s sound quality and what options exist. It’s not a mystery why TVs sound so bad in relation to ...

Soundbars are a great first step into home theater audio because they are generally compact and easy to set up and sound vastly better than most built-in TV speakers. Seriously: Nearly all TV speakers ...

5.1 and 7.1 audio can help you identify where certain enemies are in relation to your character, and provide environmental sounds for a more immersive experience. You can also output 5.1, 7.1, and ...

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including ...

A number of personal attributes allow others to guess someone's age — the lines on a face, the erectness of carriage, the color of hair. The voice also signals how old a speaker is. Your voice's sound ...

In space, people actually can hear you scream (or sing), it turns out. Groundbreaking data collected by NASA’s Perseverance rover is able to replicate how people would sound on Mars compared to Earth.

Misophonia, a little-known syndrome, is characterized by strong negative emotional reactions to certain sounds or visual cues. By Melinda Wenner Moyer I’m a fairly calm person, but one thing that ...