Now Science Explains Why: “…There are so many things in the world that are just

downright annoying.But what makes them annoying? It’s the question that NPR Science Correspondent Joe Palca and Science Friday‘s Flora Lichtman set out to answer in their new book, Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us. For instance, why is hearing someone else’s phone call more irritating than just overhearing a normal conversation?” (via NPR)