Listening to recordings of natural soundscapes may help reduce anxiety and stress, but adding in high-traffic noise can mask the potential benefit, new research shows. Researchers enrolled 68 adults ...

No matter how much you love the hustle and bustle of city life, most people tend to agree that wild environments are more ...

In recent years, urban centers across the globe have seen a significant surge in population and vehicle density. This growth, ...

Cities aren’t noisy, cars are. And we need to fix that if we are to retain our sanity, says one of the leading scholars in ...

If you live near a busy road you might feel like the constant sound of roaring engines, honking horns and wailing sirens makes your blood pressure rise. Now a new study confirms it can do exactly that ...

A new study links exposure to traffic noise to high blood pressure. Exposure to air pollution also raised the risk. A growing body of evidence finds an association between noise pollution and high ...

Traffic noise is disrupting how tiny Australian birds communicate and defend their territories. Human-made sounds are ...

Contrary to popular belief, wind farms are not as soothing as they look. Noise from turbines has long been a topic of concern, with some claiming that it can have detrimental effects on sleep. New ...

Ronald Ward was one of the first neighbors to move into a home in the Ferry Pass subdivision of Cambridge 22 years ago. He lives at the end of a cul-de-sac that once backed up to a buffer of nearly ...