I have a Dell Optiplex 980 on my desk at work. It outputs a high-pitched whine from the speaker-out. It's not that loud, but naturally it gets amplified when I turn up the volume on my amp. It's most ...

Two studies — one in monkeys and one in humans — have recently shed light on how primates perceive the pitch of a sound. Pitch perception is essential for appreciating music or fully understanding ...

While authorities continue to investigate the mysterious sonic attack that injured workers at the U.S. embassy in Havana earlier this year, MSNBC anchor Chris Jansing decided to let viewers hear the ...

Sounds play an important role in troubleshooting a computer. Computers have pre-programmed beeps and sounds that notify you of clear hardware issues. Then there are the subtler sounds: a high-pitched ...

Figure 1: Spectral representations of complex sounds that produce a pitch perception of 62.5 Hz. In this study, we used positron emission tomography (PET) to address the question of where in the ...

Some Apple Studio Display owners have taken to online forums to complain that their monitors make a high-pitched buzzing sound that appears to be emanating from the top of the screen or behind it, and ...

Some Mac Studio owners have noticed that their machines are making a high-pitched "whining" sound that appears to be coming from the fan. There are pages of complaints on the MacRumors forums about ...

Our hearing picks up a limited range of sounds, limits that were used successfully to keep teenagers from congregating outside British grocery stores by a device called the “teenage sound repeller." ...

Have you heard the conspiracy theory that Nicki Minaj songs are just Jay-Z pitched up? Have you heard the conspiracy theory that Nicki Minaj songs are just Jay-Z pitched up? Well that may not be true, ...