It is easy to blame your lack of focus on things like what you ate for lunch, but have you considered the sounds around you?

We tend to think of silence as empty space. The absence of sound. But, it turns out that quiet isn't passive at all. In fact, after just three days of intentional silence, the brain begins to ...

You’re lying on a hospital gurney, waiting for the anaesthesiologist to send you under so you can be taken into theatre and the operation can begin. Naturally, you’re nervous. But mixed with the quiet ...