You're going about your day tackling one to-do after the next, when suddenly a strange sound stops you in your tracks. There's something crackling inside of your ear. You give your ear a scratch, but ...

Adventitious breath sounds are abnormal sounds resulting from unusual airflow through the lungs. They can be due to conditions, such as asthma or bronchitis. Anything that changes the normal airflow ...

Though oysters may be brainless bivalves, they can “hear” and swim towards attractive sounds of the sea. Yes, seriously… We played the crackling sound of snapping shrimp, which indicates a healthy ...

Brittany Williams is a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide. Dominic McAfee receives funding from the Australian Research Council, and from the South Australian Department for Environment and ...

Doctors know they're the sounds of lung problems, but it turns out they might be more than symptoms--crackling and wheezing could be the sounds of a disease progressing, a University of Michigan ...

As part of our occasional series on All Tech Considered, "Vintage Sounds," we remember sounds of older technology that brings fond memories to the minds of listeners. Today, three listeners share what ...

Brontophonic sounds can give lightning a unique hiss, separate from the deep rumble of thunder What does lightning sound like? The obvious answer is in the boom of thunder: an explosion of expanding, ...