Sprinters in the position farthest from the pistols were getting slower start times, so organizers switched to an electronic tone. When the Olympic runners take to their positions on the track later ...

Whales and other mammals rely on a balance of underwater sounds to survive. Climate change could be throwing off that fragile equilibrium. Adding to that list of dangers, a new study suggests that ...

A 15-year drone pilot has recently landed a coveted Guinness World Record after building a lightning-fast drone that can hit ...

Forty years ago, the Concorde broke the sound barrier for first time. Oct. 1, 2009— -- Bullets. Artillery. Horse whips. For a time, they all could do something humans only dreamed of: travel ...

'Speed of Sound' was No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart for seven nonconsecutive weeks The record, released March 25, 1976, sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide Band members Jimmy McCulloch ...

Precise underwater navigation is critical for autonomous and remotely operated deep-sea vehicles, yet variations in seawater ...

The best thing about high speed cameras is they reveal things you couldn't see before. Even watching recordings of ordinary things offers extraordinary results---in this case, the progression of ...

“Speed Of Sound” was a huge moment for Coldplay, as it kicked off the X&Y era and was the band’s first top-10 single in the US. Yet, the band has a contentious relationship with the song. Before ...

Sound editor Stephen H. Flick, who won Oscars for 'Speed' and 'Robocop,' will receive the Motion Picture Sound Editors' Career Achievement Award. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor Supervising sound ...

The universal speed limit of any kind of wave – be it electromagnetic or gravitational – travelling through a vacuum has been known since Albert Einstein developed his theory of special relativity in ...

Scientists have discovered the fastest possible speed of sound. A research collaboration between Queen Mary University of London, the University of Cambridge and the Institute for High Pressure ...

In recent months, Bob Dylan’s “Never-Ending Tour” has taken its longest hiatus since the folk singer began the now 3,066-show journey in 1988. On April 7, legendary folk iconoclast John Prine passed ...