More than 300 parents, kids and volunteers participated in "The Physics of Sound: Waves, Vibrations and Music" STEM Saturday on Jan. 27 at the Pete Sanchez Multi-Center in New Orleans. Organized by ...

PORT TOWNSEND — A principal electrical engineer of the University of Washington’s applied physics lab will give a lecture intended to conjure awareness of the reality of underwater sound this weekend.

Don Pettit, an astronaut on board the International Space Station, uses laptop speakers and an mp3 player to demonstrate the physics of sound in space.

What are the loudest sounds at UB? Where are the university’s quietest spots? What unlikely noises here are around 60 decibels, the level typically associated with a normal conversation between two ...