Listening to natural soundscapes has long been associated with feelings of calm and relaxation. Now, a groundbreaking study published in PLOS One underscores the profound psychological and ...

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Summer is a time of the year when people usually spend a lot of time outside and many of us, author included, like to be in nature. Some research suggests that humans innately tend to seek connections ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with the multi-instrumentalist James Bishop about how he transforms recordings of natural objects into music. When the musician James Bishop hiked a section of the Pacific ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Akira Shimada, President & CEO; hereinafter "NTT") has discovered that artificial neural ...

Forget the typical spa soundtracks, like rainstorms and crashing waves. The next time you want to relax, head to Spotify, look up key phrases like “birds in the forest,” and enjoy a cacophony of ...

Ambience (sic) is a popular sleep sound app for Android. It features a clean, simple UI along with a variety of calming sounds. They include things like rain, waves, crickets, and even some music. It ...

British singer Ella Goulding participated in the Sounds Right campaign last year, as seen in this billboard in Leicester Square in London. We’re living in a world where the sounds of nature are often ...

Recent research highlights how music and nature-based soundscapes can boost mood, reduce stress, and foster social connection. Studies span piano music therapy for adolescents with anxiety, forest and ...