Silence is the absence of intentional sound or purposeful quiet—and for many people it’s unsettling. Research (Koudenburg et al., 2011) in the Netherlands found that it takes only four seconds of ...

The Big Ideas: What Do We Fear? The constant distractions of modern life have become an excuse to avoid the search for meaning. Credit...Ibrahim Rayintakath Supported by By Paul Lynch This essay is ...

That constant background noise from traffic, television, notifications, and conversations might be doing more than just distracting you. It could be fundamentally altering your nervous system and ...

In Joshua Oppenheimer’s searing new documentary, “The Look of Silence,” Adi Rukun, a 44-year-old Indonesian optician, watches a videotaped interview with two former death squad leaders who boastfully ...

Some people seek quiet, while others flee silence as soon as it sets in. If you're one of those people who hates silence, this may seem trivial, but the underlying reasons behind this rejection are ...

HBM producers Jeff and Bethany are having more and more trouble bearing silence. On this episode, Jeff calls back crow researcher Kaeli Swift and asks her what it was like to sit in silence with a ...