At a city park in Antwerp, the sound of traffic is constant. The park sits next to a major highway. But the city is now redesigning the space to make it more peaceful—including adding noise-canceling ...

No matter how much you love the hustle and bustle of city life, most people tend to agree that wild environments are more ...

The louder the traffic, the bigger your risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a recent study. chokniti - stock.adobe.com Honk if you want heart disease. Traffic noise is linked to ...

Listening to the sounds of nature such as birdsong reduces stress levels - but the sound of traffic increases them, new research shows. The research lends support for anyone who is a firm believer in ...

When Betty Bradley's son was 12, he would sit in their back yard and count the cars speeding past on the Beltway. That was easy to do back in the 1960s, when the only thing between the Bradleys' ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Higher long-term traffic noise exposure increases risk for incident primary hypertension. People exposed to ...

If you live near a busy road you might feel like the constant sound of roaring engines, honking horns and wailing sirens makes your blood pressure rise. Now a new study confirms it can do exactly that ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Ever wonder why the highway sounds louder at night, even when traffic seems lighter? Well, believe it or not, it has to do with the weather. We decided to break down the elements to ...

Contrary to popular belief, wind farms are not as soothing as they look. Noise from turbines has long been a topic of concern, with some claiming that it can have detrimental effects on sleep. New ...

Sleeping people respond to both wind farm noise and road traffic noise, but not usually enough to wake them up, according to new Flinders University research. Published in the Journal of Sleep ...

Terry Mennella and her husband John moved into their south Sarasota County home in Grand Palm in May, shortly after construction started on the widening of River Road between Interstate 75 and U.S. 41 ...