Noise pollution is one of the bugbears of modern life. The sound of machinery, engines, neighbours and the like can seriously affect our quality of life and that of the other creatures that share this ...

We’ve all experienced it at some point. It always starts innocently enough. You’re in a car moving at a relatively fast clip, and then a single passenger rolls down their window. Suddenly, a highly ...

In the vertebrate cochlea, sound is detected by an array of several thousand hair cells that transduce mechanical vibrations into electrical activity. The individual hair cells, and the auditory nerve ...

Next, check the manufacturer’s website for updated drivers. You could also open Windows Update and look for driver updates. If it’s an external device, like headphones or a USB device, unplug and plug ...