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 ...

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 ...

The reason we cringe at the sound of scratching on a chalkboard is because the sound triggers an uptick in communication between a part of the brain involved in hearing and a part involved in emotions ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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If you thought nails scraping on a chalkboard was the most unpleasant sound in the world, you'd be wrong. It's number five. The "most annoying sound in the world" as screamed by Lloyd Christmas in the ...

Some sounds are especially disturbing – like the sound of a person's fingernails scraping down a chalkboard. Now researchers know why. The frequency of the screechy, scratchy sound ranges between 2000 ...