The physics behind shoe squeaks is surprisingly complex. Phil Roeder via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0. As illustrated by the High School Musical song “Get’cha Head in the ...

Horses, with their high-pitched whinnies, seemed to buck the trend of larger animals producing lower sounds, but a new study explains the mechanics behind the noises a horse makes. By Kate ...

Millions of hedgehogs die as they cross the roads, but a discovery is paving the way for a warning that might stop them crossing at dangerous times.

The unofficial soundtrack of every basketball, squash or hard-court tennis match is the constant high-pitched squeak or shriek of the players' shoes. But can this squeak be designed out of them while ...

Researchers have discovered that hedgehogs can hear ultrasound, a surprising ability that could help protect them from cars. Since road traffic kills large numbers of hedgehogs, scientists believe ...

Meet the European hedgehog ( Erinaceus europaeus ), small nocturnal insectivores that turn into a spiny ball of death when they feel threatened. Unfortunately, the mammals are rapidly declining.

An audio-obsessed tour of 15 U.S.-sold cars with legendary factory soundtracks—Hellcat and Blackwing V8 brutality, GT3 precision, LFA’s 9,000-rpm V10 scream, plus oddball hits like GR Corolla. Built ...

Researchers at the University of Oxford have suggested that ultrasound-repellers could help reduce hedgehog deaths caused by cars. The proposal is based on new findings, published in Biology Letters, ...

The Tulane baseball team dominated third-ranked Mississippi State on Tuesday night before falling victim to a seven-run bottom of the seventh and losing 11-7 in front of a packed stadium in Biloxi, ...

The proposal is based on their findings which show for the first time that hedgehogs can hear high-frequency ultrasound.

An autonomous platform uses machine learning and patterned light to detect and terminate cardiac arrhythmias in real time without electrical shocks.

He and a team of researchers from Tianjin University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong set out to see if the human brain can actually tell the difference between a real human voice and an AI ...