Psychology

Researchers around the world are working on ways to regain control of our minds during sleep and battle the monsters that torment us.

When nature’s rarest color shows up in food, it elicits a range of reactions.

Are you an explorer or a killer?

John Horne is determined to preserve the stories of those who were left behind.

From haunted grocery stores to ancient demons on TikTok, it was a great year for supernatural exploration.

What a strange spate of "gas attacks" tells us about what was really lurking in mid-century America.

A map of confidence and kindness from California to New York.

In a Swedish amusement park, two volunteers faced their greatest fears—for science.

Even though we know better.

Ever wondered why our brains crave a good scare?

Oh, and Gef was a ghost too.

Stockholm Syndrome is the most famous, and most relate to tourism or hostage-taking.

Lie back on what might be the world's most famous psychoanalytic couch.

A history of othering, experimentation, and mystery.

We go inside Denmark’s Recreational Fear Lab to learn why our brains crave a good scare.

We reflect on what these shiny surfaces reveal, from the curse of Narcissus to an experiment you can try at home—if you dare.

An exploration of wanderlust, compulsive curiosity, and the world’s most traveled persons.