A new wave of startups are using deep learning to build synthetic voice actors for digital assistants, video-game characters, and corporate videos.

At a wellness retreat on the shores of Guatemala's Lake Atitlan, wordless singing and electronic music set the scene for a communal sound bath.

Sound—in the form of shock waves—helps sculpt the beautiful, delicate structures of some supernova remnants, such as those seen here in a Hubble Space Telescope image of the Veil Nebula.

Learn about the structure of the ear and what sounds we can and cannot hear and the different uses we have for sound, including ultrasound, in this guide for KS3 physics students aged 11-14 from ...

A plastic structure separates white noise into pitches, like a rainbow splits light into colors, offering a novel way to manipulate sound.

Lately, there’s been a wave of stories about people hearing their own voices in ads without ever giving permission. What once ...

Is it true that in space no one can hear you scream? The answer is yes, no one can hear you in space because there is no sound or echo.

New research suggests that sound waves can influence cellular activity, including stopping the development of fat.

Researchers have been experimenting with using ultrasonic sound waves—well past the threshold of human hearing—to make objects float for quite a few years now.

Private listening out in the open is possible thanks to acoustic metasurfaces that precisely bend and direct sound waves.

Scientists have developed a water-repelling, porous sensor capable of detecting subtle water waves, tracking human movement, and even recognizing speech 1. The material can have applications in ...