A new study finds that inaudible sound waves called infrasound may cause people to experience a creepy, haunted feeling. Research subjects exposed to infrasound had higher levels of the stress hormone ...

Our atmosphere is filled with sounds that we cannot hear. The Earth hums; volcanoes howl, pop and whistle; storms roar menacingly; and meteors scream before exploding high above the ground. We are ...

A new study has investigated the hypothesis that some accounts of hauntings could be explained by the effects of infrasound, finding real physiological and psychological effects when infrasound was ...

A new study by the University of Liverpool provides the first evidence that wandering albatrosses, one of the widest-ranging seabirds, may use infrasound to help them navigate long and featureless ...

Infrasound is increasing applied as a tool to investigate magma dynamics at active volcanoes, especially at open-vent volcanoes, such as Mt. Etna (Italy), which are prodigious sources of infrasound.

In a radio interview this morning, Prime Minister Tony Abbott raised what he described as the “potential health impacts” of wind farms. Yesterday’s article in The Australian by Liberal Democrat ...

Although they’re emitted by some in the animal world, infrasound are sound waves with frequencies so low, they are beyond the limit of human hearing. Now, thanks to the app call RedVox, scientists and ...

Along the coast, waves break with a familiar sound. The gentle swash of the surf on the seashore can lull us to sleep, while the pounding of storm surge warns us to seek shelter. Yet these are but a ...

University of Sydney provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. At the centre of claims about wind farms allegedly causing health problems is the infrasound that wind turbines generate as ...