--- description: Here’s proof you can’t control your fear of spiders and snakes, public squares are the front line in the fight against terrorism and more. title: Proof You Can’t Control Your Fear of Spiders and Snakes image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Five Best Ideas](/tag/five-best-ideas/) ## Five Best Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Proof You Can’t Control Your Fear of Spiders and Snakes by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 24, 2017 4:00 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 24, 2017 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**Here’s proof you can’t control your fear of spiders and snakes.**](http://www.cbs.mpg.de/Fear-of-spiders-and-snakes-is-deeply-embedded-in-us "undefined") By the _Max Planck Institute_ **2\.** [**Public squares are the front line in the fight against terrorism.**](https://www.citylab.com/design/2017/10/public-squares-have-become-the-front-lines-for-the-fight-against-terrorism/543681/ "undefined") By Tanvi Misra at _CityLab_ **3\.** [**Will kids still take field trips in the future?**](http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2017/018456/field-trips-future "undefined") By Julie Cohen in the _UC Santa Barbara Current_ **4\.** [**Is the global economy spurring the global fight for self-determination?**](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/23/we-need-to-understand-why-catalonia-lombardy-scotland-are-reposing-question-of-self-determination "undefined") By Paul Mason in the _Guardian_ **5\.** [**Scientists in China just genetically engineered a low-fat pig.**](http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/10/23/559060166/crispr-bacon-chinese-scientists-create-genetically-modified-low-fat-pigs "undefined") By Rob Stein at NPR  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4994992/proof-you-cant-control-your-fear-of-spiders-and-snakes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4994992/proof-you-cant-control-your-fear-of-spiders-and-snakes/"},"headline":"Proof You Can’t Control Your Fear of Spiders and Snakes","datePublished":"2017-10-24T16:00:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:23.014Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4994992/proof-you-cant-control-your-fear-of-spiders-and-snakes/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Economy","Innovation","Fear","Terrorism"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4994992/proof-you-cant-control-your-fear-of-spiders-and-snakes/","name":"Proof You Can’t Control Your Fear of Spiders and Snakes"}}]}] ```