Science Questions

V Magno asked the Naked Scientists: I love your show! I've really learned a lot from it and find it very entertaining. Keep up the great work! Something has been bothering me for years. I occasionally like to sneak a late night snack from the kitchen and while I make every effort to keep the noise down so I don't wake anyone up, I find it impossible to open a bag of chips (you call them crisps, right?) quietly. Why is the typical snack bag so noisy when you're opening it? On a related note, why does an ordinary sheet of paper make so much noise when you crumple it? I suspect it has something to do with its stiffness since soft materials with the same dimensions are nearly silent when handled in a similar manner. And finally, I wonder if there is a market for quiet snack bags? Vince Magno (not mango) New Jersey What do you think?

Of course, there are actual studies on the noise of a candy wrapper! 

http://minerva.simons-rock.edu/~ekramer/Sound/