Our hearing picks up a limited range of sounds, limits that were used successfully to keep teenagers from congregating outside British grocery stores by a device called the “teenage sound repeller." ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Tokyo park has started playing a high-pitched tone at night that only young people can hear to help drive away teenagers who keep vandalizing the toilets and other facilities. "We ...

When it came out in Britain in December, the Mosquito sound system was supposed to be the sonic equivalent of a "no loitering" sign. Its annoying, high-pitched sound -- which many adults can't hear ...

Researchers examined characteristics of four different smoke alarms to determine which ones worked best to wake children. The researchers found that a sleeping child was about three times more likely ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane City council is considering a ban on high-pitched tone devices. A vote on the bill was defered until the council's Feb. 3 meeting. Council member Kate Burke is proposing the ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — It's a noise drivers can't miss when they drive past the 7-Eleven on Division Street and Second Avenue in downtown Spokane. The owner of the 7-Eleven, Kahar Momand, said he spent ...

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - A Tokyo park has started playing a high-pitched tone at night that only young people can hear to help drive away teenagers who keep vandalizing the toilets and other facilities ...

When residential fires happen at night while people are sleeping, deaths are more likely to occur. Smoke alarms are important for preventing these deaths, yet many young children don’t wake up to ...