Like many of you, I’ve spent countless hours in therapy working through childhood trauma. I’ve paid good money to therapists, read self-help books, practiced meditation, and engaged in personal ...

New research shows horses can detect human fear through smell, subtly shaping their behavior during training and everyday handling.

Fear has a scent. Here’s how this invisible chemical signal has shaped human perceptions, emotions and survival instincts.

A car backfires, and your shoulders jump. A shadow moves, and your eyes fly open before your brain catches up. That dramatic ...

People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) suffer from fear and anxiety long after the traumatic events that triggered their PTSD. We try to stop these debilitating feelings with a gamut of ...

Each October, as Halloween decorations appear and horror movies fill streaming queues, people across the country indulge in fear. Haunted houses sell out, thrill-seekers line up for roller coasters ...

Climber Alex Honnold is set to scale one of the world's tallest buildings without any ropes or safety nets.

Dogs are already known to detect human stress and fear through scent. Horses, like dogs, have lived alongside people for thousands of years, which may have tuned them to subtle human signals. Or the ...