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Mysterious global 'hum' has tormented people for 50 years – scientists think they may have found a cause

(Jun/Getty Images Plus) For decades, some people around the world have reported hearing a strange, sonorous background tone ...

A Mysterious Hum Has Plagued the Earth for 50 Years. Scientists May Have Finally Found Its Source.

Since the 1970s, people across the world have reported hearing an inexplicable low-frequency droning. Scientists now think ...
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Scientists finally think they know the cause of mysterious 'hum' sound heard by people across the globe

It first became a talking point in the 1970s after residents of one UK city started reporting the same strange noise ...
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The hum that only a few can perceive: Potential sources of a low-frequency sound

Some people occasionally hear a low buzzing or humming sound that doesn't have a clear source. An estimated 2–4% of the world's population hear this. Scientists have been trying to figure out for ...
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'The Hum': the real-life noise behind The Listeners

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‘It brought me to my knees’: The Hum – a mysterious phenomenon that’s baffled the world for decades

It was around 2005 that Simon Payne started hearing it. A strange, low, rumbling sound that travels through walls and floors and seems to come from everywhere. At first, he was convinced the noise was ...
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'The Hum': the real-life noise behind The Listeners

A "surreal" new BBC drama about a strange phenomenon known as 'the Hum' is "not as far-fetched as you think", said Radio Times. "The Listeners", adapted from Jordan Tannahill's novel of the same name, ...