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io9TrailersNetflix’s Fear Street Trailer Promises a Gruesome Summer Movie Experience
For people who grew up loving R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books, the author’s Fear Street series was an excellent way of transitioning to darker, more terrifying stories about teenagers dealing with rather Goosebumps-like, but markedly more dangerous situations in the fictional town of Shadyside. In the wake of the Goosebumps movies’ surprising success, Netflix is bringing … Continued
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Tech NewsWhy Do I Feel Like I’m Dying During a Panic Attack?
If you would like to know what it feels like to die, while at the same time continuing to live, you have a number of solid options. You can eat fast food quickly on a 90-degree day; you can lay awake all night mentally rehearsing your greatest failures and then board a packed bus to … Continued
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Tech NewsWhy Am I Suddenly Afraid of Flying?
For years you’ve flown without issue—no breathing exercises, no pills—but suddenly you can’t board without picturing catastrophe. No one you know has recently died in a crash; you have not, to your knowledge, dwelled excessively on those Boeing catastrophes; and yet suddenly, out of nowhere, you’ve become the kind of person who’s afraid to fly. … Continued
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ScienceHealthYour Bones Secrete a Hormone That Can Make You Panic, Scientists Find
Anyone who’s ever said they felt scared to their bones might have been speaking more literally than we knew. A new study out Thursday seems to show that in both mice and humans, bones secrete a hormone in reaction to stressful situations. What’s more, this bone hormone appears to be crucial to our fight-or-flight response, in … Continued
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io9MoviesCondensing It Chapter Two Into One Movie Was Scarier Than Facing Pennywise
The only thing scarier than Pennywise the clown is making Pennywise the clown scary again. That was the massive task Andy and Barbara Muschietti faced with It Chapter Two. The director and producer siblings hit a grand slam with 2017’s part one, but it was so successful they had to jump right back into the … Continued
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ScienceHuman HistoryHow Fear Can Kill You
In 1942, physiologist and Harvard Medical School researcher Walter Cannon published an academic paper with the sort of title you’d expect from a direct-to-video schlock horror flick: “Voodoo Death.” Cannon was entirely serious, though. In the paper, he argued that historical accounts of supernatural deaths, including those supposedly brought on by voodoo curse, weren’t supernatural … Continued
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Tech NewsWhy Scaring Animals Shitless Is Good for the Environment
Big carnivores are scary, both to humans and the animals they prey upon. But as a new study demonstrates, the fear that these predators instill among their prey can have a positive influence on ecological health and biodiversity, a finding with important implications for conservation. By playing the threatening sounds of large carnivores over speakers, … Continued
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Tech NewsFear Can Actually Curdle Your Blood
The next time someone refers to a horror movie as “bloodcurdling,” they might actually be kinda right. A new study shows that the fear experienced when watching scary movies is in fact associated with an increase in clotting agents in the blood. A team of researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands … Continued
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The 10 Scariest Ways to Die
Death is scary no matter what–but it gets even scarier once your imagination, and all your most insane phobias, begin to take hold. We white-knuckled our way through this list of the most terrifying ways to die. (Got a scarier one? Share it in the comments. Nightmares for everyone!) 10. You’re exploring a cave deep … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidCrazy guy jumps off radio tower, opens parachute seconds before impact
I started to watch this video expecting a routine BASE jump, but no, it’s nothing routine. “JT Holmes follows Mark Broderick as he pushes the limits of base jumping with nine front flips on a tower,” says the description. Indeed. Broderick cut it so close that, for a moment there, I thought he was going … Continued
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This Is What Cocaine Addiction Looks Like In a Transparent Mouse Brain
Last year, neuroscientists unveiled a remarkable new technique called CLARITY that makes whole mouse brains invisible. And now, they’re proving it’s not just a cool trick. A striking new video shows the complex circuits that light up when mice experience fear or cocaine addiction. Nature reports on a study led by Stanford neuroscientist Li Ye … Continued
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What Is The Most Terrifying Problem We Face Today?
It’s that time of year again, when people attempt to spook us with stories about ghosts and monsters, but let’s face it: With global warming cooking the planet, melting glaciers, and the build-up of nuclear arsenals, the real stories are much, much scarier. What is the problem today that scares you the most? Tell us … Continued
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The legs on this puppy-sized spider are a foot long
Have you had any nightmares, lately? Would you like some? Then you’ll love the South American Goliath birdeater. This furry spider is the size of a puppy, and thanks to hard claws on the tips of its foot-long legs, it makes a horrifying clicking sound when it scampers through the forest. Harvard etymologist Piotr Naskrecki … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidAvalanche smashes a skier in scary helmet cam video
Luckily for Eric Hjorleifson, the avalanche that he started by going down a big mountain pillow line doesn’t fully consume him, leaving him relatively unscathed—he just “twisted his knee a bit.” You can hear the fear in his heavy breathing after the incident, though. I don’t blame him. It’s quite scary. SPLOID is a new … Continued
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How Well Would You Fill Out Forms During a Plane Crash?
Believe it or not, this actually has been tested out, and by no less an institution than the United States Military. Learn about a fear experiment that should have led to a lot of “discharged with sincere apologies,” notes on service records. Hey, ever wondered what mortal terror would do to your ability to remember … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidDaredevil crosses 170-foot-high aqueduct on unicycle, falls midway
Watch daredevil Flaviu Cernescu crossing a 170-foot-high Romanian aqueduct using a unicycle and no safety gear whatsoever. Try not to scream when he falls forward. Fortunately, he kept himself on the wood path, which was only a few inches wide. My heart skipped a bit when I first saw it. According to the video narrator, … Continued
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