Is it one of the best children’s tunes? Is it annoying because of it? “Yellow Submarine” might be a fan favorite for some, but its sound effects are annoying for others. When The Beatles recorded the ...

Everyone has been in an absolutely brutal situation before where a never-ending noise ruins any chance they had of focusing. Some people are able to let distracting sounds fade to the background more ...

Earlier this month, a kind of chirping, rainforest-y sound sprung up in my apartment. It came from my roommate’s room. At first, I took it for a video game, but then realized the sound materialized ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alarms come in many forms; from the gentle ping of a text message notification to the wake-up wail of a bedside clock, these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We've yet to meet a person who likes hearing people chew loudly. But for some people, even the smallest noises—like breathing, ...

A recent NASA study has found that the noise of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is substantially more unpleasant to people than the noise produced by the current four-wheeled standard of ...

A sign of a good power-up screen is the way it ‘scratches the itch’ in your head. The sensation is both comforting and satisfying in many respects. With earlier systems, it was also a telltale sign ...

People who are annoyed by the sound of chewing are less likely to be vexed if they think it is made by an animal or other non-human source, rather than a person. “I think most people can relate to ...