Sound Recordings
This Is What 18th-Century Paris Sounded Like
A bygone age comes back to life in this painstaking reconstruction of the sounds of 1739
Hear the Recreated Voice of Ötzi the Iceman
Using CT scans of the Neolithic man's vocal tract, Italian researchers have approximated the way he pronounced his vowels
You, Too, Could Own a Copy of the Voyager Golden Record
Ozma records is producing a box set of the album sent into the cosmos to reach out to potential extraterrestrial life
Watch Acoustic Holograms Create Complex Shapes and Levitate Droplets
These mesmarizing effects are created using only a plastic 3-D printed plate and speaker
This Is What Jupiter Sounds Like
Listen as Juno bursts into the gas giant’s magnetosphere
Listen to Robert Frost Read His Poems
Recordings offer a chance to really listen to the meaning behind classics like "The Road Not Taken"
Who's Laughing Now? Listeners Can Tell if Laughers are Friends or Not
We laugh differently with friends, and the reasons may lie deep in our social evolution
This Sound Might Mean Dinnertime in the Deep Sea
Researchers record a chorus of deep sea animals as they migrate through the ocean
Mysterious “Music” Spooked Apollo 10 Astronauts
Archival audio reveals eerie sounds heard by astronauts on the dark side of the moon
Listen to J.R.R. Tolkien Read Songs and Poems from 'The Lord of the Rings'
A rare recording captures the famed author's voice
Listen to Never-Before-Released Tracks From Frank Sinatra’s Earliest Years on the Radio
You haven’t heard Ol’ Blue Eyes quite like this
Now Available: The Ultimate Old-Timey Playlist
Listen to digitized recordings of wax cylinders, an obsolete technology that revives turn-of-the-century culture
Scientists Are Recording 24-Hour Soundtracks of Rainforests
The bioacoustic data gives Nature Conservancy researchers clues about the health of an ecosystem
Why Are Urban Planners Collecting City Soundscapes?
This is a journey into sound
Here’s How to Make a Record Out of a Tortilla
Yes, it’s edible
Turning New York City's Subway Into a Symphony
Musician James Murphy wants to replace the beeps of the system's turnstiles with beautiful music
Here's How Video Game Designers Give Voices to Imaginary Creatures
All they need are digital vocal cords, voice box and mouth
Listen to the Newly Reconstructed, Very Creepy Voices of Thomas Edison’s Dolls
A lab figured out how to hear the rare talking dolls without damaging the original recordings
An Artist Is Trying To Preserve India’s Fading Street Sounds
As shopping malls and suburbs come to Delhi, one woman fights to save the sound of its street vendors
At Night, Fish Communicate With Special Calls, Whistles and Grunts
Dropping a hydrophone into an underwater cave helps researchers make sense of the din
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