PHILADELPHIA -- Marketed as a ticket to deeper sleep, the soft hum of pink noise has become part of millions’ nightly routines. However, its use may come at the cost of sleep quality, a University of ...

A mysterious, low-frequency noise has settled over the small town of Omagh in Northern Ireland, and is keeping people awake. It’s called “The Hum,” and reports of this phenomenon have been popping up ...

If you live in an urban landscape, you may be all too familiar with the sound of traffic rushing past, dogs barking or the voices of people gathering right outside your bedroom window. Even if you don ...

People can describe noise using color, similar to how they may describe light. Two colors of noise are pink and white, which may have many potential applications, such as aiding sleep. A person can ...

If you're struggling to sleep, there are certain sounds, like those from white noise machines, that can help block out unwanted noise and lull you to sleep at the same time. Though you've likely heard ...

It was only in the pre-dawn hours that John Griebsch heard the Hum. This was 15 years ago, when he lived in Pultneyville, the little community on the Lake Ontario shoreline in Wayne County. But he and ...