Screeeeeeeech. Even imagining the sound of a person's fingernails scraping down a chalkboard is horrible. Now, new research helps suggest why the noise is such a special kind of awful. The frequency ...

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 ...

Robert Siegel talks to Michael Oehler, a professor at the University of Media and Communication in Cologne, Germany, about why people find the... Why Nails On A Chalkboard Drives Us Crazy ROBERT ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...