Dr María Ángeles Bonmatí of the Spanish Sleep Society (SES) explained that night-time noise prevents the relaxation and disconnection necessary to fall asleep.

New data shows that air pollution appears to be linked to lower fertility in men, while noisy traffic could harm the fertility of women.

The species is at home building webs in both cities and rural areas. And Dr. Pessman began wondering whether noise pollution might annoy the spiders enough to alter their web-weaving strategies.