The mere thought of fingernails scratching a chalkboard can be enough to set some people on edge. Now, a new study may help explain why. Researchers say the shape of the human ear may amplify certain ...

Screeeeeeeech. Even imagining the sound of a person's fingernails scraping down a chalkboard is horrible. Now, new research helps suggest why the noise is such a special kind of awful. The frequency ...

Nothing seems more annoying that the sound of fingernails running down a chalkboard. Well, maybe the sound of a fork scraping a ceramic plate. New research from the Macromedia University for Media and ...

At every minute of every day, it seems, scientists are busily working to cure cancer and save the environment and make better robots who can do our jobs for us, and also to figure out why we hate the ...

Just the thought of nails raking across a chalkboard is enough to send shivers down many people’s spines — but the reasoning behind this reaction has remained a mystery for decades. Scientists have ...

If you're like most people, you probably can't stand the sound of fingernails scraping across a blackboard. In fact, you're probably cringing just thinking about it. But what is it about this ...

SccrreeEechh. This and other kinds of excruciating noise make us shudder, but we’ve never really known why. Knowing what makes certain sounds painful could help engineers figure out the frequencies to ...

What horrible sounds do you have a visceral reaction to? Nails on a chalkboard? Styrofoam squeaks? Turns out, there's a science behind why certain sounds are so irritating to humans, and the ...

Even imagining the sound of a person's fingernails scraping down a chalkboard is horrible. Now we know why the noise is such a special kind of awful. The frequency of ...