The tall concrete walls along highways are sound barriers, which reduce the amount of noise that makes its way to residents ...

Something Went Wrong are winning audiences in a tough environment where there are few entertainment options, but their refusal to be defined by ethnicity has come at a cost. It’s a colourful scene: ...

Ever noticed those 8-to-20-foot-high concrete walls that stretch almost endlessly along busy patches of highways? They may seem like barriers meant to prevent your car from careening uncontrollably ...

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We’ve been writing this weekly column for close to 20 years. This one will be our last syndicated by King Features. We have aspired to stay true to this column’s original intent, to “break the sound ...

Silence really is golden — and homeowners are willing to pay more for it. Specifically, when traffic noise fades, home values tend to creep up. A new academic study by the National Bureau of Academic ...

The X-1’s fuselage was designed to resemble a .50 caliber bullet—one of the only shapes known to have stable flight at supersonic speeds. The Bell X-1 hangs today from the ceiling of the National Air ...

You’re in the middle of a video conference, everyone is waiting, but your microphone isn’t working? Or you can be heard, but all the other participants remain mute? Welcome to the club of Windows ...

The "quiet" supersonic aircraft developed by NASA and Lockheed Martin has completed its first flight in California. Dubbed the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology Aircraft, or Quesst, it is a sleek ...