IN a Chicago laboratory a test tube full of water containing a squirming goldfish was placed for half a minute in a device which produces silent sound waves, pitched far beyond the topmost notes of a ...

We’ve all heard the saying, "A picture is worth a thousand words." But how often do we see it exemplified in animation? That is the premise of a remarkable silent sound exhibit at the Nasher Museum.

Rodney Sauer bought a cultural treasure sight unseen -- a vast trove of silent film-era musical scores. Then he gave it all away. [video:https://www.youtube.com/watch ...

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Here's a riddle: If a tree falls in a silent GIF, does it make a sound? The answer, for many of us, is a resounding yes (even if that sound exists only in our own heads). For proof of this, look no ...