Switch on the small gray metal box and listen: A sharp, pulsating, high-pitched tone burrows into the ear like a power drill bit, prompting an agitated, please-shut-that-blasted-thing-off grimace. You ...

Mosquitoes flap their wings not just to stay aloft but for two other critical purposes: to generate sound and to point that buzz in the direction of a potential mate, researchers at Johns Hopkins ...

5/22/2008 Fresno, CA Cell phones are not supposed to be visible during class at Fresno's Hoover High School, but that doesn't keep kids from trying to communicate. You're listening to a pitch at 8 ...

Mosquitoes flap their wings not just to stay aloft but for two other critical purposes: to generate sound and to point that buzz in the direction of a potential mate, researchers at Johns Hopkins ...

They don't hear anything. Nothing, nothing. I don't hear anything. And I'm supposed to have very good hearing. Today we field tested the new ringtone, downloaded the sound onto the cell phone, and hit ...

When it came out in Britain in December, the Mosquito sound system was supposed to be the sonic equivalent of a “no loitering” sign. Its annoying, high-pitched sound — which many adults can’t hear but ...

Researchers in England think the annoying whine of a mosquito may actually be a love song. Research suggests that certain kinds of male and female mosquitoes buzz in harmony before they mate. ELLIOTT: ...

ELLIOTT: If not, that's probably because you're not one of the world's most common blood-sucking insects. Scientists in England say they found that for at least one kind of mosquito, that's the kind ...