From an auditory perspective, the reason we react swiftly to eerie sounds is that the auditory system processes information ...

Over 70 years ago, Roald Dahl proposed that plants could scream in a fictional story called The Sound Machine. He suggested they could shriek — a high-pitched shriek undetectable to the human ear.

Dan Blumstein was gently holding a yellow-bellied marmot pup, conducting research, when he first heard one scream. "I was sort of shocked by this scream and almost dropped this animal," he says. "I ...

Just a few miles from downtown Ithaca, eerie screams can be heard piercing the night. The alarming cries sound like a woman screaming, say some who have heard them. The sounds are enough to send ...

Q: My 1-year-old has started slapping us. He also screams a lot, often for no reason, or at least we can't figure out the reason. He is a very busy little boy and won't sit still for longer than a few ...

There’s a fine line between clever and overcooked, and Scream finales are starting to lean into the latter. The original did ...