Noise is a pervasive source of errors. Wherever human judgment exists, you’ll find it. Unlike bias, however, it is largely invisible. Two felons who should be sentenced to six years for identical ...

Are you reading this at home? Turn off your entertainment for a moment and listen for the sounds around you. What do you hear? Is the refrigerator humming on the other side of the wall? Are you ...

Noise. It impacts each one of us, in communities large and small. Of the many forms pollution can take, noise has the greatest impact on our daily productivity, mood and comfort. Noise control is a ...

As transportation networks expand and urban areas grow, noise from sources such as vehicle engines is spreading into remote places. Human-caused noise has consequences for wildlife, entire ecosystems ...

It gets on our nerves, under our skins and insults plenty of other sensibilities. Is an ever-noisier world something we must learn to live with? Not according to Les Blomberg, executive director of ...

Whenever your mind begins to wander away from specific tasks at hand, it begins to succumb to the spell of internal noise. Unlike audible noise in communication, like noise in speech or noise in a ...

This story was UPDATED at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 20, to include other examples of noise violations. SPRINGFIELD – Sssh! You better turn down that window-rattling, brain-bruising car stereo if you want ...

Managing noise exposure is complex in terms of accurately assessing sound levels, identifying and ranking the dominant noise sources, and finding effective control solutions. Noise-induced hearing ...