Mysteriously snuffed out candles, weird sensations and shivers down the spine may not be due to the presence of ghosts in haunted houses but to very low frequency sound that is inaudible to humans.

PASADENA, CA - MARCH 30: Aerial view of light traffic at the interchange of the 210, 134 and 110 freeways on March 30, 2020 in Pasadena, California. City officials have implored Southern Californians ...

An acoustic engineering group has refuted claims the frequencies generated by wind turbines can make people sick. The Association of Australian Acoustical Consultants (AAAC), has released the findings ...

SALT LAKE CITY —The thunderous roar of Chile's Villarrica volcano carries for miles. The active volcano's churning lava lake constantly rumbles, said Jeff Johnson, a volcanologist at Boise State ...

Ecuador’s Cotopaxi volcano has a deep and distinct voice. Between late 2015 and early 2016, Cotopaxi repeated an unusual pattern of low-frequency sounds that researchers now say is linked to the ...

Erupting volcanoes are obviously noisy places, but there are sounds that we do not hear as well. Infrasound is an acoustic wave with a frequency too low to be heard by humans. Erupting volcanoes are ...

When I was eight years old, I was on the verge of being eaten. Terrified, I buried myself underneath the blankets, and nervously listened to an unearthly howling directly outside my bedroom window. I ...

Infrasound is too low-frequency for humans to hear. It has been mistaken for ghosts, has been known to cause nausea and headaches in humans, and is used to monitor the testing of nuclear weapons. It’s ...

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