Halloween brings spooky seasonal activities that fear and thrill seekers flock to. While many may think of fear as a largely negative reaction, doctors say it can stimulate the same centers of the ...

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We're big fans of age-appropriate science podcasts and silly experiments. It's easy — and fun — to apply the scientific method or scientific inquiry to everyday life. My own interest in science was ...

In the corpus of the science of fun, there is a type of enjoyment that goes against the grain of seeking comfort and ease: “Type II Fun” (academically more often referred to as “hard fun”). Although ...

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Catherine Price, author of The Power of Fun, about why it can be so difficult for adults to have fun and how people can find ways to incorporate fun into their life.