On an otherwise sleepy block in Brooklyn is a brand-new 15-story building that shrieks on windy days. Residents have likened the sound to a shrill whistling, a maddening screech, and — most colorfully ...

No one wants to be that guy or girl who's causing screeching feedback on a Skype call, but it happens. Worse than that, though, is having it happen and not knowing how to fix it. Skype representatives ...

On stretches of the BART system, which once boasted that its trains were "smooth, virtually noiseless and vibration-free," riders cover their ears and have to shout to be heard over the screeching, ...

When the Aztecs dominated central Mexico, a blood-curdling sound like a human scream played through a small whistle. Luis Aceves via Unsplash In cultures around the world, instruments have brought ...