Goosebumps arise when tiny muscles around hair follicles contract, causing the hair to stand on end. Learn what triggers them and when they may be cause for concern.

Scientists have discovered a rare group of people who can actually induce goosebumps when they want to. But if you’re like most people, you only get goosebumps involuntarily — namely, when you’re cold ...

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You’re watching a suspenseful movie when suddenly the hairs on your arms stand up, your skin prickles with tiny bumps, and a shiver runs down your spine. Or maybe you’re standing outside on a chilly ...

Children of the ’90s were a different breed, thriving on all that was scary and traumatizing, from late-night series like Tales from the Crypt to horror books like Goosebumps. What we survived back ...

Human bodies do a lot of weird stuff. But goosebumps may be one of our strangest bodily functions. Goosebumps are humanity’s near-universal reaction to the cold. But for some reason, those ...

As someone who grew up reading every single Goosebumps book I could convince my mother to buy, there's an uncomfortable truth I've had to come to terms with as an adult: The Goosebumps books aren't ...

There are plenty of cockroaches in New York City, but at R.L. Stine's house, you'll find a 3 foot one. OK, not an actual roach. It was just one of the many horror-based knick knacks lying around his ...

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