Sound Recordings
How “Learned Deafness” Might be Letting Noise Pollution Win
The world may be noisier than ever but one scientist warns that our attempts to blot out the sound may cost us dearly
Save the Voices of Tolkien, Joyce And Tennyson
The British Library is fighting time and budget constraints to save its vast collection of audio recordings
Listen to Newly Discovered Bowhead Whale Songs
Bowhead songs have been elusive, but researchers managed to record 12 unique songs using hydrophones
Making Dead People's Pulses Beat Again
A new device can transform 150-year-old printed representations of heart beats into actual sound
Let Wildlife Recordings From the 1930s Take You Back to Nature
Hear African wildlife from the 1930s with the British Library's nature sound archives
What Do Glaciers Say When They Sing?
Glaciers make some curious sounds
From Lightning on Jupiter to Apollo 13's Call for Help, Hear Some of NASA's Greatest Recordings
An audio archive captures some iconic moments of space history
The World Is What It Is Today Because of These Six Innovations
In a new book, Steven Johnson describes the many technologies that glass, refrigeration and other fundamental inventions have made possible
Baby Turtles Coordinate Hatching By Talking to One Another Through Their Egg Shells
A number of turtle species make sounds, but this is the first evidence that babies do so before they've even hatched
In Maya Lin's New Exhibition, a Singing Ring Contains the Sounds of Endangered Worlds
The Sound Ring represents places as diverse as California forests and the Indian Ocean
Sound Experts Want to Record One Full Day of Human Noise From All Over the Earth
The project could help scientists better understand the human soundscape and quantify how it changes over time
What Are the Acoustic Wonders of the World?
Sonic engineer Trevor Cox is on a mission to find the planet's most interesting sounds
Traveling to Japan—Through a Symphony of Smells
A new performance, staged in Los Angeles this weekend, revives one man's failed attempt to put on a smell and sound production more than a century ago
Listen to Doc Watson Picking Away at his Banjo
A new release from Smithsonian Folkways highlights the talent of a bluegrass master
Listen to the Elizabeth Mitchell Experience
Listen to the Elizabeth Mitchell Experience
Los Texmaniacs Release New Album
What does jalapeno-spiced polka music sound like?
Meet Ella Jenkins, the "First Lady of Children's Music"
The Grammy winner celebrates her 88th birthday with a new album that reflects her lifelong love of kids' music
Happy 100th Birthday, Woody Guthrie!
New songs by the American folk legend keep turning up, a century after his birth
Rosanne Cash and the Many Meanings of Love
One of the most gifted singer-songwriters of our time talks love, science and the deep space between men and women
LISTEN NOW: Wu Man Brings East and West Together in New Album
In Borderlands, the Chinese musician highlights the culture of the Uyghur people
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