Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you stand on a busy street corner in a city and close your eyes, you're bound to hear lots of noise. The cars are honking, ...

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The word cacophony perfectly captures loud, jumbled, and unpleasant sounds. Originating from Greek, it means 'bad sound'. This term describes discordant noises, from car alarms to busy streets.

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The oceans are getting noisier, and that's bad news for whales, dolphins, and sea turtles who use sound to communicate and navigate, researchers declared at a United Nations wildlife conference.