Everyday Science

Rapid fluctuations in volume—mimicked by sirens—trigger the brain’s fear centers

Some research-based tips--in time for the holiday season

Scientific American MIND reviews “So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed,” “Beyond Bullying,” and “Is Shame Necessary?”

People exposed to incongruent situations, such as Halloween-themed plates at a Labor Day picnic, performed better on cognitive-reasoning tests and were less likely to make impulse purchases or overeat

With no road map, a series of unrelated events leads to a life in science

With the largest collection of time-use diaries in the world, an Oxford center is trying to find out why modern life seems so hectic

The sun and moon's disruptive presence appears to have kicked WT1190F onto a path that will lead the piece of space debris to self-destruct in Earth's atmosphere

Advertisements in two top-selling parenting magazines ads contain photographs or describe products that conflict with the health and safety recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics

College students who watched episodes of the various Law & Order episodes had a better understanding of sexual consent issues than those who watched two other crime procedural franchises

Two new studies pinpoint why doctors come to work sick and offer solutions for hospitals to implement

Learn the physics behind the surprisingly powerful force of friction

Researchers picked apart satellite imagery from two New England forest ecosystems to get a better handle on exactly what factors influence the timing of the color changes of the autumn leaves