Soundscape: Sounds of Interstellar Space

Sounds of Interstellar Space (1:02) NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft captured these sounds of interstellar space. Voyager 1's plasma wave instrument detected the vibrations of dense interstellar plasma, or ionized gas, from October to November 2012 and April to May 2013. Source: YouTube

Related article: Voyager is Sending Us The Sounds of Interstellar Space (Source: The Daily Beast) Click2Read 

Documentary: Bernie Krause - Sound of Extinction

Sounds of Extinction (1:49) For musician and "soundscape ecologist" Bernie Krause the authentic sound of the wild can be more disturbing than any synthesized film score. 

For 44 years Krause has traveled across the globe recording the sounds of the natural world and has amassed an archive of more the 4,500 hours and over 15,000 individual creatures. But perhaps the most remarkable part of Krause's back catalog of nature's orchestra is that that around 50% comes from now silent or extinct habitats.

Source: CNN

Noise Issues: Road Noise and Barriers

Road Noise Barriers (3:10) On the international day of noise awareness Ingeniería para el Control del Ruido (ICR) analizes the effectiveness of highway acoustic barriers to preserve the acoustic comfort of near by residences. A problem, as noted in this video, is that most of the barriers are installed without having the required height in order to attenuate noise. Spanish with English subtitles. Source: ICR and YouTube

Documentary: Villages use whistle communication

Remote Village Communication (3:30) For centuries, residents of Kuşköy have communicated over rural Turkey's vast distances with kuş dili, which literally means "bird language." Like other forms of whistled communication, kuş dili arose in a region where the rugged ground and sparse population made travel difficult even over short distances. A whistle can reverberate for more than a kilometer, according to Kodalak. "If you can't make your voice heard over a long distance, you could also make a chain with different people relaying the message." Read More (Atlantic Magazine) 

Education: Hearing and Age

How Old Are Your Ears? (1:38) A fun and simple test (use your headphones) to see how old your ears are given their ability to hear various frequencies. 

Noise Issues: Acoustic Impact of Wind Warms

Wind Farm Acoustics (3:03) The TV program "El medi ambient" of TV3 (Catalonian Television) explores the environmental acoustic impact of wind farms. Source: YouTube

Soundscape: Inside the Dzong de Punakha Bhoutan

Inside the Dzong (2:09) The Dzong of Punakha, in Bhoutan, houses the sacred relics of the southern Drukpa Kagyu school including the Rangjung Kasarpani, and the sacred remains of Zhabdrung Nigawang Namgyal and Terton Padma Lingpa. The Dzong is located at the confluence of the Pho Chhu (father) and MoChhu (mother) rivers in the Punakha–Wangdue valley. (Reference: Wikipedia) Source: YouTube 

Research: Codified Space

Codified Space (4:37) "Architecture is a system of signs that structure patterns of social use, but what happens when a building falls into disuse and no longer serves the function for which it was originally intended? Does it continue to transmit its own secret signals? Codified Space metaphorically links eroded signs in a car park with distorted sonic signals - based on diegetic location sounds.A practice based research project supported by Norwich University College of the Arts, UK." Video by Justin A. Scott. Source: YouTube