“We used to use our culture to understand cancer. Now we use cancer to understand our culture.” (From NPR interview of Pulitzer Prize winning author of “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of ...

The problem with silence is that it is so terribly noisy. We’ve all been sold a lie. In reality, nothing in nature is truly silent and there’s a lot going on in the darkness; the sound of your own ...

We live in an age intoxicated by noise. Every hour, millions of voices compete for at­tention across television screens, radio waves, digital platforms, and social me­dia timelines. Opinions travel ...

An intriguing aspect of the early memories is that remembrances seem to emerge into consciousness in silence. Recalling an early recollection can be like watching an old silent movie. While this may ...

For most of human existence, listening was closely tied to moments that carried meaning, emotion or survival. Nature supplied the backdrop – wind, water, animals – and music surfaced in hunting ...