Welcome to the first installment of a new column series by Katie Harbison, designer and founder of her eponymous studio, as she joins Homes & Gardens’ By Design to share how she creates interiors that ...

Our world is a noisy place. Successful communication often relies on the brain’s ability to make sense out of mixtures of sounds. Think about the last time you were at a busy restaurant with a group ...

In a cottage nestled deep in a Swedish forest, three couples recently spent four days whispering and without phones as part of a campaign about the dangers of noise pollution and promoting quiet ...

This is part of Seeking Quiet, a collection of stories that highlights our quest for stillness in an increasingly noisy world. Read more here. You can listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts and ...

Quakers attend a Sunday worship in the historic West Room of the Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia on Oct. 5. The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — At the Arch Street Meeting House in ...

Noise from the ambient environment can introduce errors into the data during digital data transmissions. This noise can come from many different sources, including electromagnetic interference (EMI) ...

PHILADELPHIA — At the Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia's Old City, more and more young people are seeking respite from a clamorous technological age in the silent worship of a centuries-old ...

She studied the impact of noise on health and classroom learning and helped impose stricter regulations in New York City. By Sam Roberts Arline Bronzaft, a pre-eminent environmental psychologist who ...

An isolated wooden cottage covered with thick snow in the Arctic at dusk in winter, Tjautjas, Lapland, Sweden. (Paolo Graziosi / Robert Harding RF via AFP) HÖÖR, Sweden (AFP) — In a cottage nestled ...