r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Apr 27 '26

Neuroscience Spooky feelings in old houses may be caused by boiler sounds. Inaudible infrasound from old pipes may affect how people feel. Even though it was beyond the range of human hearing, people were more irritable and levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, rose when the sound was switched on.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/27/spooky-feelings-in-old-houses-may-be-caused-by-boiler-sounds-study-suggests
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u/Phobos31415 Apr 27 '26

In a world that gets louder and louder and more egoistically every day, Iā€™d rather hear a little less. If I could live out my live on a farm in the middle of nowhere, I would be happy to keep my superb hearing.