Far from the blaring cacophony of cities, towns and suburbs, there are far quieter soundtracks to be found -- the murmurs of wind rustling grasses, rushing waves tumbling onto beaches, the creaking of ...

Researchers in Japan and France have discovered a new way of looking inside the Earth that will no longer be hampered by “tectonic blind spots”. Exploiting a curious phenomenon known as the Earth’s ...

The global "hum" of the Earth is now helping scientists probe the planet's deep interior, a group of researchers say. Since this hum — called seismic noise, which is generated by sources such as storm ...

If you turned off every video game system, car stereo, and TV on the planet, and if everyone held their breath and didn’t make a peep, there would still be a sound, though you couldn’t exactly hear it ...

Strange as it may seem, the Earth’s atmosphere rings out in a chorus of frequencies just below the reach of the human ear. Although we cannot hear these “infrasonic” waves — which have frequencies ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When all else is quiet, Earth still hums. Scientists have known ...

Earth gives off a relentless hum of countless notes completely imperceptible to the human ear, like a giant, exceptionally quiet symphony, but the origin of this sound remains a mystery. Now ...

Some people even claim to have heard the weird sound (Credit: Getty. Shutterstock) It’s a real-life mystery of the deep which has left the experts baffled. Scientists have carried out a pioneering ...

When charged gas ripples through interstellar space, those ripples emit a detectable vibration. The Voyager 1 spacecraft left Earth more than 40 years ago and entered interstellar space in 2012. See ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Even if we can't feel it, every few minutes the entire Earth ...