Tag: Fear
Anxiety can often be a drag on creativity, upending the trope...
Arash Javanbakht, Wayne State University
In the U.S., anxiety disorders affect about one-third of the population. So it’s no...
The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of...
Madeline Steiner, University of South Carolina
The scary clown has become a horror staple.
Featuring Art...
Rainbow fentanyl – the newest Halloween scare
Joel Best, University of Delaware
Every year around the middle of October, reporters start contacting me wanting to talk...
How to outsmart your COVID-19 fears and boost your mood in...
Laurel Mellin, University of California, San Francisco
After a year of toxic stress ignited by so much fear and uncertainty, now is a good time...
How lingering fears from the pandemic could change the way we...
Josh Woods, West Virginia University
Taiwan’s pro baseball league rebooted operations in mid-April with robot spectators filling the bleachers. A month later, Major League Baseball...
Why we love big, blood-curdling screams
Frank T. McAndrew, Knox College
Of all the sounds humans produce, nothing captures our attention quite like a good scream.
They’re a regular feature of horror...
Why our brains see the world as ‘us’ versus ‘them’
Leslie Henderson, Dartmouth College
Anti-immigrant policies, race-related demonstrations, Title IX disputes, affirmative action court cases, same-sex marriage litigation.
These issues are continually in the headlines....
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
