Humans, unlike, say, our furry friends, struggle to see in the dark. We also have pretty active and imaginative brains. This combination ensures that when we hear something we can’t see, particularly ...

Spending time away from people is usually a very peaceful experience. A break from the city, a sunny day in the forest, birds ...

I asked our pandas to share the scariest thing they believed when they were younger and received a lot of funny answers!

I was recently watching a scene from the 2025 film Weapons for a monograph I’m writing and noticed a familiar sound: a low, unsettling drone as a character walks down a hallway. It’s the same kind of ...

Most of us have intuitive thoughts, where our inner voice says something bizarre. But being functional adults, we don’t let that voice win. Children, however, haven’t yet developed the ability to ...

On the Friday, October 31, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: Fear fascinates us for a reason. Psychologist Coltan Scrivner joins USA TODAY's The Excerpt to explain how morbid curiosity helps us ...

Your subconscious will do everything it can to hold you back and stop you from stepping out of your comfort zone. We’ve all been there before: You’ve been manifesting and begging for something better, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Growing up can really change the way you see things. I recently stumbled across a Reddit thread where people shared things that ...

The devil horse. The one-world murals. The underground tunnels where aliens (the extraterrestrial ones) hang out. Yes, Denver International Airport has a lot of scary stuff. Starting with the name of ...