This video has over 7 million views on YouTube and is repeatedly viewed by people who are having a hard time falling to sleep. (Video: Johnnie Lawson) Scientists from the Rensselaer Polytechnic ...

Research has shown that people perform better in a space with a moderate amount of noise, such as the sound of rain, than in silence. ' Rain Pomodoro' is a tool that combines such ambient sounds that ...

Oftentimes we have innumerable distractions at work competing for our attention. Luckily, music can help put us back on a more productive track. Studies out of the University of Birmingham, England, ...

In offices around the country, the ranks of workers are pretty thin as people grab their last moments of summer vacation. For those of us left to toil in our cubicles, the absence of disruptions might ...

This article is part of The Well-Designed Life, a series about optimizing your well-being through spatial design. Just like curated decor can elevate your home, being intentional about the sounds you ...

Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK. John Anderson and ...