This seems to be the most common discussion regarding the recent Red Bull Stratos Jump. Unless you have been living under a rock lately, you have probably seen the awesome jump from 128,000 feet. Here ...

Let's start by observing that you can't believe everything you hear. In fact, if you've spent any amount of time around home audio/video and home theater, you probably already know that the sale of ...

A group of high school and college teachers and students has transmitted sound pulses faster than light travels—at least according to one understanding of the speed of light. The results conform to ...

'Speed of Sound' was No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart for seven nonconsecutive weeks The record, released March 25, 1976, sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide Band members Jimmy McCulloch ...

The best thing about high speed cameras is they reveal things you couldn't see before. Even watching recordings of ordinary things offers extraordinary results---in this case, the progression of ...

Sound waves travel at approximately 750 mph at sea level, but slow down at higher altitudes. The speed of sound is called "Mach 1." Supersonic refers to speeds from Mach 1 to Mach 5 (1 to 5 times the ...