We’ve been writing this weekly column for close to 20 years. This one will be our last syndicated by King Features. We have aspired to stay true to this column’s original intent, to “break the sound ...

Silence really is golden — and homeowners are willing to pay more for it. Specifically, when traffic noise fades, home values tend to creep up. A new academic study by the National Bureau of Academic ...

H. Clark Bell of Woodstock, NY and Hobe Sound, FL, died on December 8, 2025 at his home in Hobe Sound, FL. Mr. Bell was 92 years of age. H. Clark Bell was born in Washington, DC, and received his ...

The New Hampshire Department of Transportation will close the I-95 Exit 7 southbound on-ramp in Portsmouth overnight Dec. 14 for construction work. Nighttime work will occur between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., ...

The X-1’s fuselage was designed to resemble a .50 caliber bullet—one of the only shapes known to have stable flight at supersonic speeds. The Bell X-1 hangs today from the ceiling of the National Air ...

The "quiet" supersonic aircraft developed by NASA and Lockheed Martin has completed its first flight in California. Dubbed the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology Aircraft, or Quesst, it is a sleek ...

“The X1 does a lot of things well but also comes with a lot of compromises because of its portability.” For home entertainment lovers, projectors have always been the holy grail of creating that ...

There are a dozen different ways dogs choose to go down the stairs, and some of them are downright hilarious. Golden Retrievers, known for their zest for life and pure, unapologetic whimsy, seem to be ...

The Long Island Expressway’s sound barrier system will be repaired along a Suffolk County stretch to help buffer surrounding communities from noise pollution, state transportation officials said on ...

Hisense has officially launched the world’s first 150-inch screen-sound laser TV in China. The new model, called the Hisense Xplorer X1 Ultra (also known as Discovery X1 Ultra), expands the existing ...

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