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

In the natural world, many situations exist in which a percept remains constant in the presence of profound changes in the physical stimulus affecting the sensory receptors. Some of the most ...

Sound is part of our everyday sensory feelings. We rarely take the time to consider the characteristics and behaviors of sound and the reasons by which sounds are formed, propagated, and detected.

Ask ten audiophiles what defines great sound, and you’ll probably get ten different answers. That said, Chief Audioholic Gene DellaSala recently made a video exploring the characteristics that he ...

As I witnessed the droning sounds of Tarek Atoui’s hybrid sculpture performance Organ Within at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, I noticed a family of four—two young parents with two ...