If you had a bad dream last night, it might have a positive benefit - because research suggests being scared while asleep helps to control fear during the waking hours. University researchers in ...

Scientists have discovered a gene that appears to control whether fear reactions to impending danger are appropriate or not. Mice lacking the gene stathmin appeared fearless in conditions that should ...

A FEAR of flying can be crippling for some, with at least one in ten of Britons suffer from aerophobia. However, follow these simple breathing exercises to reduce stress and steady your pre-flight ...

The most horrific singular event in human history was the detonation of the first atom bomb over Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945. Never before and never again have so many died in a single detonation of a ...

Discover how dorsal premammillary nuclei shape rats' fearful responses, revealing complexity in the brain's fear system. But not all neurons in the PMD are equal. It turns out that the structures are ...

Many say that the current government gets its way and silences all criticism through the deployment of fear. In a way, but really it's a lot more complicated than that. Fear alone makes people resent ...