HEALTH
Noise pollution can damage your health and shatter your peace of mind. Here’s how to turn it down.
Often, simply being there is what really matters.
NEWS & MEDIA
Gordon Hempton is fighting to save the sounds of silence in Washington state’s Olympic National Park — one square inch at a time.
Audio ecologist Gordon Hempton says Rialto Beach in Washington state is the world’s most musical beach. So Diane Daniel, who writes about his life’s work preserving “One Square Inch of Silence” tried to cipher the symphony by poking her head into the hollowed-out driftwood logs there. What did she hear?
BUSINESS
Speaking up to protect the voices of the wilderness.
More and more companies see silence as a golden business opportunity.
ENERGY
New technologies can help lessen the sonic impact of generating and consuming energy.
SCIENCE
What does silence really sound like? Step inside an anechoic chamber to find out.
SPIRIT
Being silent means more than just holding your tongue. It means listening for the softest, most subtle sound of all - the sound of the soul.
COMMENTARIES
How the deaf have mastered the art of silent communication.
COLUMNS
Five stories about silence
FOOD
Learning the art of listening while you cook.
ONE LAST THING...
4 minutes and 33 seconds of composed silence.
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