There are certain sounds that drive us batty. For many people, it's nails on a chalkboard. For me, it's the squeaking sound of styrofoam. What causes this reaction? —Brepark, via the Straight Dope ...

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 ...

Listen to this. Irritated? Angry? Just glad it’s over? Here’s why. After examining the results of a 2011 study, researchers have theorized that the human ear is specifically built so that: Sounds in ...

There are certain sounds nearly everyone dislikes: the sound of fingernails scratching a chalkboard, or of a fork scraping a plate, just to list a few. For many people, hearing these sounds, or even ...

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 ...