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Noise in the News Archive
2012
A rock hyrax—a rodent found in Africa and the Middle East—can wail, squeak, and tweet!
(9/5/2012)
Noisy Planet campaign to be featured on Jeopardy!
(7/26/12)
The NPR Cities Project wants to hear the sounds of your hometown
(6/13/12)
Tiny primates called tarsiers have mad ultrasonic skills
(5/29/12)
It's a "Noisy Planet," but it's also a "Noisy Sun"
(5/22/12)
Coldplay singer Chris Martin has tinnitus and some advice for kids
(5/15/12)
Where a bird lives affects how high its pitch is
(5/8/2012)
A phone call to Mom can have healing powers
(5/2/2012)
Whales may find ship noise stressful
(3/26/12)
Even a mouse can snore like a human
(3/19/12)
New technology is helping scientists recover some of the earliest audio recordings ever created
(1/26/12)
Female and male wrens sing as one
(1/19/12)
How are the sounds of your childhood different from the sounds your parents heard as children?
(1/11/12)
Students travel to the Grand Canyon to study sound and noise pollution
(1/3/12)
2011
Audubon's annual Christmas Bird Count will sharpen your senses and help conservation researchers
(12/19/11)
Escala interactiva de ruidos: ¿Cuándo el ruido es demasiado ruido?
(12/9/11)
Hospital gives green light to noise awareness
(11/14/11)
A farm isn't always a quiet place. Learn how to protect your hearing on a farm
(10/12/11)
Noisy Planet is now on Facebook!
(9/29/11)
The new Noisy Planet interactive sound ruler: Sounds like fun!
(9/7/11)
Designs found in nature can inspire new products and solutions
(8/17/11)
What's all that buzzing you hear? It may be cicadas!
(7/1/11)
Humans can hear much higher pitched sounds underwater
(6/17/11)
Smokey may be the world's loudest cat
(5/31/11)
What's an acoustic biologist? Ask Katy Payne, who studies the language of elephants
(5/6/11)
Musicians in an orchestra may be exposed to unhealthy sound levels
(3/9/11)
Music has many roles
(2/23/11)
2010
Workers exposed to chemicals experience higher rates of hearing loss
(12/15/10)
The Noisy Planet website: It’s not just in English anymore!
(11/15/10)
Give your ears a break and your brain a boost
(8/19/10)
Boat noise may distract hermit crabs
(7/28/10)
House finches raise the pitch when it's noisy
(7/27/10)
World Cup soccer: Will stadium noise affect the matches?
(6/9/10)
Watch the volume of your MP3 player while you're in the gym
(3/15/10)
Hunting and other shooting sports can hurt your hearing
(1/25/10)
2009
It's toy season! It's concert season! Ho ho ho!
(12/17/09)
Hybrid cars are good for our environment, but are they too quiet?
(11/20/09)
Music affects your mood, but can it affect the mood of a monkey?
(9/25/09)
The top volume on your MP3 player can hurt your hearing
(8/27/09)
Noise from human activities may be hurting fish and other marine animals
(5/4/09)
What's your favorite sound? Hundreds of teens wrote about theirs for a recent essay contest
(3/30/09)
2008
Musicians are at risk of noise-induced hearing loss
(9/21/08)
Blue whales have been singing a lower tune
(9/20/08)
Restaurant noise is a top complaint of diners
(9/16/08)