Popular Science: The Noise Issue

Unexplained hums, rings, and rumbles. Space screams, crying babies, and a lot of explosions. Howling monkeys, off-the-charts amplifiers, and the rowdiest dang frog on earth.

For the Noise issue, we searched this planet and the far-out universe—and right under our noses—for the most awesome sonic phenomena, a reality living right alongside our own, screaming for attention. It has ours now.

- Editor-in-Chief Joe Brown

Before we get into the stories, have a listen to our Table of Contents. The sheet music and methodology can be found in your printed Noise issue.

The Stories:

Essential gear to start your own podcast studio
Now is a perfect time to test the power of your voice. Here are four must-haves to make it sound great.
Jason LedermanNovember 22, 2019
Meet the man who restores old music to its original glory
Pete Hutchison’s Electric Recording Co. uses era-specific gear to reissue records the way they were meant to be heard.
Stan HoraczekNovember 22, 2019
Why you’re powerless to ignore a crying baby
Infants can hijack their parents’ brains with every scream (for survival).
Sara ChodoshNovember 21, 2019
What we learn from noisy signals from deep space
There’s an art to finding insights in cosmic static—and the experts at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are perfecting it.
Ryan BradleyNovember 21, 2019

Stories will be added to this page as they are published online. Keep checking back!