Author: BY ALYSON KRUEGER - Publish Date: May 29, 2021 at 01:00PM Dive bars are out. Fine dining is in. Summer shares are scarce. Town leaders are hoping to put the kibosh on the antics of seasons past.
Author: BY RANDALL MUNROE - Publish Date: December 29, 2020 at 02:30PM The odds that all of your popcorn kernels will pop simultaneously aren’t zero. Maybe think instead of the multiple lotteries you’re more likely to win.
Author: BY RONDA KAYSEN - Publish Date: November 28, 2020 at 05:00PM Incessant barking is the top complaint to animal-control centers. As always, it’s better to start with a personal approach.
Author: EMILY S. RUEB - Publish Date: July 9, 2019 at 07:00AM Why do medical devices sound so terrible? A group of clinicians, psychologists, musicians and designers are developing signals that are less startling and more informative. Listen here.
Author: NIRAJ CHOKSHI - Publish Date: July 1, 2019 at 07:00AM Nora Keegan noticed that dryers tended to be closer to children’s ears. So she set out on a study that was eventually published in a medical journal in Canada.
Author: WINNIE HU - Publish Date: June 4, 2019 at 07:00AM Complaints to the city provided no relief, so a Manhattan resident sues companies to stop them from making noise. It’s working.
Author: GEOFFREY MORRISON - Publish Date: May 7, 2019 at 07:00AM Noise-canceling headphones regularly top lists of essential travel gadgets, but are they worth it?
Author: SARAH MASLIN NIR - Publish Date: March 19, 2019 at 07:00AM Three dogs who live in a Saddle River, N.J., mansion once owned by Russell Simmons have inspired an ordinance that bans and defines excessive barking.
Author: JIM ROBBINS - Publish Date: January 22, 2019 at 07:00AM Increasing ship traffic, sonar and seismic air gun blasts now planned for offshore drilling may be disrupting migration, reproduction and even the chatter of the seas’ creatures.