Physicists from Spain and France say they’ve detected a predictable pattern for the first time in large, dense crowds: oscillating or swirling groups of people that, if left to grow too large, can ...

Some changes are coming to the California State Fair, which will mark its 171st year in 2025. Each year, crowds come to ...

There’s a sad sameness to everything at the India Art Fair—even 15 years after its first edition. It’s a gate that stubbornly ...

This year's folk performance parade blended traditional cultural displays with modern elements such as flash mobs, creating an interactive and immersive experience. New additions included a team of ...

Watching a concert or a sports event alongside thousands of other people can be both exhilarating and dangerous, and researchers now have new theories about how people behave when they get too close ...

When fairs across Minnesota were canceled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many eager for the summer festivity were sad to see them go. “It really was a bummer,” said Emma Friauf, a ...

What do large crowds of people and water have in common? They both act like fluids. When crowds cheer, sway and clump ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of Short Wave about the fluid dynamics of crowds, an early fossil of a modern bird and new data on how people's moods change through the day.