Good news, bad news, a rough day, a scary movie, a poignant memory, a nostalgic smell—these are all things that can prompt a salty tear to trickle down your cheek. The sensation is quick to sneak up ...

Anything that moves someone emotionally — hearing a baby say her first word, finishing a feel-good TV series that you wished had never ended, or reading a breakup text — can bring on tears. In fact, ...

Humans are the only animal to produce emotional tears. Asking questions about this behavior can help us better understand how we live our lives. That question has many answers. To start, there are ...

A cat owner has discovered her fur baby apparently crying on camera in the middle of the night, and footage from the video, which quickly went viral on social media, has left many users in tears. In ...

“Ever notice that when your tears start flowing, no thanks to that sappy rom-com, your nose does, too?” Dr. Philip Chen, who is a professor of otolaryngology and rhinology at the University of Texas ...

Crying in space sounds like a strange question until you realise how much of crying depends on gravity. On Earth, tears form ...

This article originally published on The Conversation. Your eyes are constantly coated by tears, made of oil, water and mucus. When someone is emotional, their eyes make extra tears to let people know ...

Researchers disagree about whether your best friend tears up more when it is reunited with you, but agree that the wet eyes of a pup make you want to care for it. By Elizabeth Landau If you’ve felt ...

Like pheromones, women's tears can modulate sexual arousal in men. Jan. 6, 2011— -- Men rarely jump at the chance to catch the latest tear-jerker with their wives or girlfriends, although some ...

The human-dog relationship is unique among animals: having co-evolved for so long, most dog owners will attest to the uncanny ability that their canines have when it comes to reading and responding to ...