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Column: Have you ever attended a yoga class where people began chanting “Om” and felt compelled to leave? If you find ...

Until then, I'll be out here celebrating every win I can find in the field, and that includes this implant spotted by Ars ...

When Midcentury New York Spoke, This Sound Archivist Listened—and Recorded Every Word Armed with a tape recorder and open ears, Tony Schwartz turned everyday noise into lasting art. Now, his ...

Sound artist Sara Retallick has discovered that music, composed just right, can be crystal clear to listeners, even when they're submerged in water.

A source at the center of the device produces sound toward the higher end of the human hearing range, at frequencies from about 8 to 13 kilohertz. (For comparison, the highest note on a piano is ...

A version of this article appears in print on June 11, 2025, Section A, Page 20 of the New York edition with the headline: Stone and His Band Redefined the Sound of an America That Couldn’t Last.