Fear, while often seen as a primal instinct meant to protect us, can sometimes lead us down paths of sheer irrationality. It's that gut-wrenching emotion that overrides logic and pushes us to make ...

There are many things to miss about childhood: summer breaks, no work responsibilities, and endless energy, to name a few. That said, there are also plenty of parts we don’t miss at all about that ...

A self-identified “90s Disney kid,” Kara Carneal remembers watching “Aladdin” for the first time when her parents bought it on VHS. While she liked much of the storyline, Carneal says she just ...

Celebrated May 3 each year, National Textiles Day might be just another random or unknown holiday for many college students. But for Charlie Norwell, a first-year in animal sciences, it’s the day his ...

“Asking Stanford” is a series of small stories from Stanford students, each of which comes together to highlight the diversity of experiences and perspectives on campus. Way back when I could call ...

The holiday travel season is right around the corner, and what better time than now to face your travel fears, especially your irrational ones? Sienna Hart’s phobia is losing her passport. She ...

To mark the end of our week-long spooky season coverage—in which we unpacked the impact of Stephen King’s work, as well as discussed R.F. Kuang’s Katabasis and talked horror films with Oz Perkins—we ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Humanity’s earliest irrational fear of forests had to do with “evil spirits,” along with anxiety over mostly harmless wildlife. Soon it was fretting over ...

A Reddit post has sparked fury after a user said that their roommate deliberately placed a balloon on their bed—despite knowing they have a deep phobia of them. In the post by u/Previous_Ad_6157, the ...