The Wordle word of the December 31, 2025 is siren, a word that has survived by learning how to travel. It begins in myth, migrates into machinery, embeds itself in language, and ends up inside the ...

Ryan Seacrest got annoyed at Wheel of Fortune production for a recurring sound effect on the game show. It came just before a registered nurse won $60,000.

During World War 2, one particular weapon became infamous not just for its destructive power, but for the sound it made before impact. Designed to induce fear as much as physical damage, this weapon’s ...

As church bells chime and peal the New Year, historians say the looting of more than 150,000 bells during World War II left “a sonic gap” in the landscape. A bell inside the Dom Tower in Utrecht, the ...

The world said goodbye to titans in sports, entertainment, politics, and beyond, and several deaths had broad ripple effects.

If so, we have a year-end request. Every day during the past two years of war and rising global antisemitism, our journalists kept you abreast of the most important developments that merit your ...