Most people expect a dog to bark or a cat to meow. But nature doesn’t always follow the script. Across the animal kingdom, ...

where everyday sounds can trigger intense distress. From his essay in Asterisk magazine called "The Unbearable Loudness of Chewing": Every time he took a bite, the disc of cartilage that cushioned ...

If the sound of someone chewing and chomping on their meal makes you want to scream, then take comfort in this - your aversion to distracting noise might just mark you out as a genius. A new study ...