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 ...

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 ...

Basal tears lubricate our eyes, reflex tears form in response to irritants such as smoke and dirt, and emotional tears flow when we’re sad or overjoyed. All are made of salt water mixed with oils, ...

This will also give you something to cry about: Cutting onions could spread bacteria around your kitchen, since they ...

As the actress appeared on the talk show to promote her final turn as Elphaba Thropp opposite Ariana Grande 's Glinda in the ...

The lachrymatory, a vaselike receptacle used to collect mourners’ tears and purportedly found in Roman tombs, has made a strange resurgence in the second decade of the 21st century, albeit in a form ...

This image shows a confocal image of a mouse lacrimal-gland organoid with the tear product Lcn2 labelled in red, showing that the organoids make tears. (Yorick Post, Hubrecht Institute) (CN) --- ...