Data shows extended noise exposure damages auditory and cognitive development. A new study published in the journal Sleep Medicine analyzed existing data about sound levels of white noise machines and ...

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As many parents can attest, babies often make telltale noises when they’re hungry. It turns out, newborn whales do the same thing. Humpback whale calves signal their desire to eat by making barking, ...

For hundreds of years, people who have lived near Seneca Lake in upstate New York have reported hearing loud booms coming from the water. No one is exactly sure why.

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Legends have long tried to explain the sounds this lake makes. A research team has accidentally figured it out. The truth is ...

Kimberly Winter could feel a bubble rising through her digestive tract. She smiled before opening her mouth, believing the noise she was about to produce would cement her name into history. Winter was ...

A Virginia woman set a world record for the loudest burp by a female, with a sound that was louder than a blender, an electric handheld drill and even some motorcycles, according to Guinness World ...

Humpback whale calves communicate with their mothers with “burping, barking and snorting sounds,” according to a new study. Photo from Swanson Chan, UnSplash As many parents can attest, babies often ...