The Popular Science “Noise” issue features hundreds of sounds. What follows are some of the weirdest facts from the magazine, plus the croaks, beeps, echoes, and vibrations a printed page couldn’t bring to your ears. This is best experienced on headphones. Set your volume to about half way and adjust accordingly. We’re about to test the limits of what you can hear.
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Noises : a hearing test (20 Hz to 20,000 Hz—the range of human hearing); decibels of a quiet room, a watch ticking, the International Space Station, a conversation, a hairdryer, loud music in earbuds, fireworks, and breathtaking infrasound; the first recording of a human voice; Martian wind and a Marsquake; ASMR from Gibi ASMR (tapping and scratching!) and Tingting ASMR (whispering and briushing!); the loneliest whale (52 Hz); the quietest place on Earth (inside the anechoic chamber at Orfield Laboratories); the Shepard scale will make you move (and Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight); onomatopoeias and ideophones; the trident bat and the highest frequency pure tone ever documented in nature; the coquí’s call; the language of The Sims; singing sand dunes; a monkey asking to marry you; why do we mishear song lyrics? (explained); velociraptors and mating tortoises; Voyager 1 and the sounds of interstellar space.
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Episode – Sounds of the Universe
Video by : Tom McNamara
Associate Producer : Jason Lederman
Research + text : the staff and writers of Popular Science
Additional Research : Jess Romeo
Senior Editor : Purbita Saha
Online Director : Amy Schellenbaum
Editor-in-Chief : Joe Brown
MEDIA
APM Music, Gibi ASMR, Internet Archive, NASA/JPL, National Archives, Pond5, Tingting ASMR, Wikimedia Commons
SPECIAL THANKS
Jess Boddy, Tony Danza, Sandra, Gutierrez, Jason Lederman, Amy Schellenbaum, Sara Kiley Watson
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(playful orchestral music)
(low frequency humming)
(playful music)
– [Woman] How has your understanding
of the universe changed–
(slow music)
– [Woman] Coaster.
(playful orchestral music)
– [Woman] Sk, sk, sk, sk, sk, sk.
(playful orchestral music)
(low humming frequency)
(high pitched frequency)
(piercing frequency)
(piercing quiet frequency)
(ticking clock)
(humming engine)
(humming engine)
(man talking)
– [Woman] How was your
understanding of the universe
changed after seeing it from space?
– [Man] In particular,
it has changed about
my view of the mathematical
order in the universe,
the fact that we can fly in space
and we can launch in a
rocket and rendezvous
with the space station is because there is
precision in the order in the universe.
(loud humming engine)
(man talking)
– Can’t hear yourself think.
As I’ve just said, sooner or later,
you’re going to need a new hairdryer,
but with the old ones, you
can’t hear yourself think.
(energetic rock music)
(fireworks crackling)
(people cheering)
(low humming)
(static buzzing)
(humming)
(low rumbling)
(fluttery swishing)
– Good evening.
My name is J.P.
This is a bit of cork that was
(tapping cork)
half of a coaster.
All right, let’s listen
to some scratching.
(nails swishing)
(soft swishing)
– Sk, sk, sk, sk, sk.
(soft swishing)
Sk, sk, sk, sk, sk, sk, sk.
(rattling plastic)
(echoing humming frequency)
(hollow rhythmic pulsing)
(soft static clicking)
(variable frequency humming)
(glass shattering)
(humming frequency)
(explosion blasts)
– [Man] Boom, splat, plop and–
– Wait, is it plop?
– Boom.
– Splat.
– Pow.
– Boom.
– Splat.
– Pow.
– [Man] Plop, clink, splash.
– (laughs) Okay.
– Plop.
– Clink.
– Splash.
– [Man] All right, one more time.
– Plop.
– Clink.
– Splash.
(variable pitched chirping)
(animals chirping)
(man muttering)
(yawns)
(man grunts and sighs)
(mutters)
– [Woman] Oh, Blaskava!
– Oh, (muttering nonsense) (chuckles)
– What Stooby?
Gimme a (mutters nonsense)
(dog barking)
(child muttering nonsense)
(child giggles)
(low frequency humming)
(bird squawking)
(birds chirping)
– [Distorted Voice] Will you marry me?
Will you marry me?
Will you marry me?
Will you marry me?
Will you marry me?
♪ Never wait for me, nothing ♪
♪ Can’t tell me nothing, but
take my horse to the hotel room ♪
♪ Gonna ride ’til I can’t no more ♪
♪ I’m gonna take my
horse to the hotel room ♪
♪ I’m gonna ride ’til I can’t no more ♪
♪ And you can hear me ♪
♪ When I said softly ♪
♪ Slowly ♪
♪ Hold me closer Tony dancer ♪
♪ But they is all in my brain ♪
♪ Lately things just don’t seem the same ♪
♪ Acting funny but I don’t know why ♪
♪ S’cuse me while I kiss this guy ♪
(low growling)
(soft suspenseful music)
(rhythmic screechy call)
(shrieking)
(clacking shells)
(groaning)
(soft variable frequency)
(humming)
– [Woman] How has your
understanding of the universe
changed–
– From a coaster.
(high pitched humming)
♪ Tiny dancer ♪
– [Woman] Sk, sk, sk, sk, sk.
(low frequency humming)
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Andrés64B
November 25, 2019 at 11:05 pm
Those ASMR noises make me want to punch someone in the throat.
Popular Science
November 25, 2019 at 11:12 pm
So you’re definitely in the misophonia column then.
Carmen Del Rey
December 3, 2019 at 6:00 am
U must be white lol
Andrés64B
December 3, 2019 at 9:52 pm
@Carmen Del ReyWhat the hell does the color of someone’s skin have to do with anything?
JZ G
December 3, 2019 at 9:56 pm
@Andrés64B u white
Andrés64B
December 3, 2019 at 11:08 pm
@JZ G You racist.
Kira S.
December 2, 2019 at 8:02 pm
I love Gibi and Tingting’s ASMR!! Their whispers and sounds give me tingles. But certain other sounds like someone’s snoring or a dog barking make me livid. So maybe I’m semi-misophonic? 🤔
Luna Longbottom
December 2, 2019 at 8:21 pm
Actually same (except more relaxing than tingly for me). Why tf do ppl hate it
Nerissa Crawford
December 2, 2019 at 8:59 pm
To me the sound of a fly flying is the anger inducer.
Luna Longbottom
December 2, 2019 at 9:09 pm
@Nerissa Crawford OR MOSQUITOS
Chante Asmr
December 2, 2019 at 8:53 pm
Asmr was not meant for everyone but thank you all for those who embracing asmr. Gibi is awesome 😃💯
Nerissa Crawford
December 2, 2019 at 9:05 pm
2:20 is like half of YouTube amateur concert footage. 😂
One Minute ASMR
December 2, 2019 at 9:10 pm
Who else is here because of gibi?
Jeremiah August
December 2, 2019 at 10:53 pm
Me lol I came immediately from her post about it 😂
GOLDSTATEDRAGON
December 8, 2019 at 7:13 am
I love Gibi
Nataly Basora
December 2, 2019 at 9:52 pm
I’m from Puerto Rico and the coquí’s call is not a nightmare as they say. We’re actually really used to it and love listening to them when we go to sleep. I actually find it relaxing. Without listening to them I find it hard to sleep
Popular Science
December 9, 2019 at 8:03 pm
This is awesome to know. Thanks!
Nataly Basora
December 9, 2019 at 11:09 pm
@Popular Science Great! But I guess I need to explain a bit more. Usually, the sound of the Coquís is almost like muffled, so it’s not as loud as it’s heard in the video. That’s why, the sort of muffled and far away constant sound of the Coquí basically becomes quiet to our ears after a while, but it’s still there. You could call it our own natural form of ASMR 😅🥰
pale reflection
December 2, 2019 at 10:44 pm
almost had a heart attack at 5:14
Die Kirschmarmelade
December 2, 2019 at 10:44 pm
almost had a heart attack at 5:14
KaffeeKadse
December 2, 2019 at 10:44 pm
almost had a heart attack at 5:14
Haselmäuschen
December 2, 2019 at 10:44 pm
almost had a heart attack at 5:14
Kassandra
December 3, 2019 at 4:06 am
Whalien 52…😭
Kassandra
December 3, 2019 at 4:14 am
7:50 – 8:47 is K-pop videos… I WANNA KNOW THE ARTISTS NOW!
Edit: Especially the group. Looks like Teen Top to be honest…
Meat Scepter69
December 6, 2019 at 8:09 am
8:32 the boy group is called WINNER
FBI Desu
December 6, 2019 at 8:09 am
8:32 the boy group is called WINNER
Kassandra
December 6, 2019 at 3:16 pm
@Meat Scepter69 wait, really? What song?
Kassandra
December 6, 2019 at 3:16 pm
@FBI Desu wait, really? What song?
Robert Schwartzback
January 4, 2020 at 4:58 pm
ASMR is soft porn for very lonely people
Aaditya Ranjan
August 23, 2020 at 12:51 pm
Just asking, can I upload clips from these on youtube.
mood off
August 23, 2020 at 12:51 pm
Just asking, can I upload clips from these on youtube.
Aaditya Ranjan
August 23, 2020 at 12:52 pm
By the way, it’s amazing
mood off
August 23, 2020 at 12:52 pm
By the way, it’s amazing