Along the coast, waves break with a familiar sound. The gentle swash of the surf on the seashore can lull us to sleep, while the pounding of storm surge warns us to seek shelter. Yet these are but a ...

Sound recording equipment is getting better all the time. Researchers from Boise State University, Stanford University, and Chile’s University of Concepcion have just found a new, very specific ...

When Anirudh Rao was 4 years old and living in Nashville, his friend’s house was destroyed by a tornado. A year later—yes, as a kindergartner—Rao started sketching a potential solution for better ...

In the biological world, the ability to produce or perceive infrasound has been considered a rarity. One day last year at the San Diego Zoo, a female Sumatran rhinoceros named Barakas was singing a ...

Is Yellowstone ground ever really at rest, or is it always scheming its next surprise? On April 10, 2025, geologists conducting routine maintenance in Norris Geyser Basin’s Porcelain Basin chanced ...

Tornado-producing storms can emit infrasound more than an hour before tornadogenesis, which inspired a group of researchers to develop a long-range, passive way of listening in on storms. Infrasound ...

Elephants are smart creatures, there’s no doubt about it. And just when you think you know every amazing fact there is to ...

PASADENA, CA - MARCH 30: Aerial view of light traffic at the interchange of the 210, 134 and 110 freeways on March 30, 2020 in Pasadena, California. City officials have implored Southern Californians ...