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A Step-by-Step Guide to Being Less Scared in 2016
A few ways to avoid pissing your pants when the paranoia starts to set in this year.
Doctors May Have Found a One-Step Cure for Phobias
During tests, the treatment made sufferers of arachnophobia way less scared of spiders than those given a placebo.
How Scared Should I Be of Gluten?
You'll be fine if you don't have celiac disease, but did you know some people have "silent" celiac disease, and it can chip away at their health for years?
A French Psychoanalyst Talks About Fear, Anxiety and the Paris Attacks
We asked Hélène L'Heuillet, a prominent French philosopher and psychoanalyst, to help us understand how fear works and how we can control it in light of this weekend's horrific events.
The Man Who Builds Luxury Bomb Shelters for Paranoid One Percenters
Robert Vicino believes the rich don't live on the same scale as ordinary people in today's society—so why should that change after the end of the world?
The Final Blobby Boys Comic
This last strip, by TV on the Radio singer Tunde Adebimpe, ends the series with a major revelation about the Blobbies.
'Exploding Head Syndrome' Is Keeping Me Awake at Night and I Don't Know Why
According to the specialist I spoke to, being awoken by loud noises in the night is common among students and psychiatric patients Weirdly, the loud noises only seem to exist in my brain.
Shark Diving Teaches People Sharks Are Just Big, Beautiful Fish
Despite what some researchers call the "Jaws effect", sharks aren't actually as dangerous as people think. Shark diving lets people see it for themselves.
A Family Bought a House Without Realising It Came with a Deranged Stalker
Three days after purchasing the million-dollar home, they started getting terrifying letters from a guy calling himself "the Watcher."
My Confusing Journey Through the Complex Process of Getting a Restraining Order Against My Stalker
Last year, a stranger locked me in my apartment and told me I was going to die.
Australia’s Toxic Doom-Inducing Jellyfish Season has Officially Begun
The Irukandji is a tiny and transparent sea jelly whose psychoactive sting will leave you wishing for death.