In researching a book on silence I found there were two types of silence that are vitally important to us, both as writers and as social animals. One I thought of as absolute. This can be the worst ...

One I thought of as absolute. This can be the worst kind of silence. As the AIDS slogan goes, Silence = Death. Sound is a manifestation of life. Only when you are dead is your body truly silent.

The term “crickets” is often used when someone asks a question and gets no response. Crickets has come to mean absolute silence; no communication. This expression was derived from the cinematic ...

That constant background noise from traffic, television, notifications, and conversations might be doing more than just distracting you. It could be fundamentally altering your nervous system and ...

WASHINGTON – After the planes hit, after the pandemonium in the downtown streets, it was the stunned silence that they remember. Andy Brehm, a West Wing intern and the Minnesotan who was closest to ...