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Darwin, Descartes, and Maxwell all believed in these science ‘demons.’
Fear is one of the oldest and most powerful emotions known to man, so it should come as no surprise that horror stories are as old as storytelling itself.
Today, alcohol is as important as candy to the Halloween economy.
The mad dog’s bite caused a hideous metamorphosis, which transformed its human victim into a nefarious monster.
Augmented reality (AR) contact lenses will project the digital world into our retinas, perhaps helping us navigate the metaverse.
One of the scariest films of the 1970s didn't set out to be a horror film at all.
On long-haul flights, some airlines show shipwrecks on their in-flight maps. The aim is to entertain; the result is often to horrify.
In his new book, "Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy," former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang explores how media narratives can warp public perception of political candidates.
The more horror we consume, the harder it becomes to find a good scare. These genuinely unsettling movies should get you in the mood for Halloween.
Haunting photographs depict the dead as "still with us."
Quantum physics isn't quite magic, but it requires an entirely novel set of rules to make sense of the quantum universe.
The list includes eleven species of birds, eight species of freshwater mussels, two fish, a bat, and a plant from the mint family.
Technology has advanced at a blinding pace in the past 150 years. That won’t always happen.
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People usually think about the military when they talk about trauma. But for every soldier who gets PTSD in a war zone, there’s at least 30 children who get traumatized […]
The most unpleasant aspect of intellectual liberalism is that when speech causes emotional or mental pain, the offended parties are morally entitled to nothing.
All religions have totems, rites, and taboos that are considered "sacred." Émile Durkheim believed society is largely underpinned by them.
The poisoned candy legend is just one way that American fears manifested: as an easily understood threat to innocence.
Named M51-ULS-1b, it's certainly a curious astronomical event. But the evidence is far too weak to conclude "planet."
Dedicated circuits evaluate uncertainty in the brain, preventing it from using unreliable information to make decisions.
Einstein hated "spooky action at a distance," but much to his chagrin, quantum mechanics remains as spooky as ever.