From a small island off the coast of Panama to the farthest reaches of space, the Smithsonian advanced our knowledge of the ...

Heat is not supposed to behave like this. In everyday life, warmth seeps and diffuses, spreading from hot to cold in a slow, ...

Alabama researchers will track sound changes as the 990-foot vessel transforms into an artificial reef off Florida's coast ...

The pro and anti sides have generally coalesced around two different arguments: one saying AI will leach humanity out of ...

The Nature of Sound is a musical science video from the Symphony of Science series. It explores how sound travels, how we ...

Cowbirds are special among songbirds for the "watery" timbre of their singing, which resembles the sound of falling droplets ...

A 15-year drone pilot has recently landed a coveted Guinness World Record after building a lightning-fast drone that can hit ...

Our Gemara discusses the ritual impurity incurred by those who burn certain sacrifices outside Jerusalem, including Yom ...

Zooming in on the auditory cortex, the researchers found three unique sets of neurons that light up while we listen to music. Two sets of neurons encode absolute pitch (individual musical notes) and ...