Sound… How important a role it plays in our lives. Or rather, not even the sound itself, but what it conveys to us. From “I love you!” to “You’re fired ...

Loud noises were disturbing one Arlington County, Virginia, neighborhood earlier in August — but it wasn’t a lawn mower, leaf blower or loud TV. Investigators said it was a man setting off firebombs. ...

If I lived across from Queen of the Valley, I’m sure I’d habituate to the sounds of screaming ambulance sirens and the thumpa-thumpa of medevac helicopters bringing in patients. Dire situations — ...

If our planet flips and no one’s around to hear it, does it still make a sound? Scientists have managed to put a chilling soundtrack to the flipping of Earth’s magnetic field — and the result is ...