silence

In 2015, Microsoft built what is now in the Guinness Book of World Records as the quietest place on the planet. Known as the anechoic chamber at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, “ultra-sensitive tests” performed in 2015 gave an average background noise reading of -20.35 dBA...

Mealtime peace is well known concept in many Norwegian homes: You should sit still at the table and enjoy the food you are served. Monks back in the day, took this to a new level. Speaking during meals was forbidden, and so a new sign language was born. Marianne Vedeler is a professor of...

J., New Jersey, USA Two inter-related experiences. First was when I was about 10. On the bus on the way home from school. For about two seconds, all sound completely vanished. Cars outside the window, kids shouting, etc... All went 100% silent. It could have been me except... I heard a pupil...