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Why Does Dracula Wear a Tuxedo? The Origins of Bram Stoker’s Timeless Vampire
The evolution of Dracula, from the mind of a sickly youth to an iconic portrayal on the silver screen
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The Haunted and the Haunting: Best Places to Visit on Halloween
This Halloween, indulge in the the electric, nerve-zapping thrill of fear, and consider visiting real destinations of creepy history and ghostly legends
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From candy’s lackluster beginnings to the Halloween boom, Smithsonian shares some tricks and treats
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Events Oct. 31-Nov. 1: Empires, Spooky Stories and American Artists
This week, a look at changing relationships with Latin America, Halloween stories and the rise of the late William H. Johnson
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The Halloween Tradition Best Left Dead: Kale as Matchmaker
Be happy this Scottish tradition is passé, your future marriage may have depended on it
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Thanks to some historical detectivework, a pair of researchers has relocated one of the earliest recognized dinosaur sites in the American west
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The Fox Sisters and the Rap on Spiritualism
Their seances with the departed launched a mass religious movement—and then one of them confessed that “it was common delusion”
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Recapping ‘The Jetsons’: Episode 06 – The Good Little Scouts
A camping trip to the moon might seem fanciful, but 1960s advertisers were already promoting space tourism
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Can We Link Hurricane Sandy to Climate Change?
Models indicate that climate change will cause more frequent and intense hurricanes, but the overall trend can’t be linked with any particular storm
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Sauropods are iconic dinosaurs, but the first of their kind ever found was initially thought to be a huge crocodile
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12 Creepy Kids in Halloween Masks
When their faces are obscured, these children transform into frightening little creatures
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Nikon Announces the Winners of its “Small World” Competition
See a selection of beautiful images captured by scientists gazing through light microscopes
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Judging a Cat (Wrongly) by the Color of its Coat
Black cats aren’t evil, and torties aren’t always aloof. But people often think coat color and behavior are linked
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People may seem very different from lemurs, monkeys and apes, but all primates share a few key physical and behavioral characteristics
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Tracking the Twists and Turns of Hurricanes
Incredibly powerful supercomputers and a willingness to acknowledge that they’re not perfect has made weather scientists become much more effective in forecasting hurricanes.
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Did Tyrannosaurus Ever Battle Triceratops?
We love to imagine Tyrannosaurus fighting Triceratops to the death, but did such battles ever happen?
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Turning Your Hand Into a Remote Control
A Microsoft prototype called Digits could put the power to control everything from TV screens to smart phones in a device you wear on your wrist
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Scientific Illustrations: Your Go-To Guides for Halloween Costumes
The details are what separate a good outfit from an amazing one. The images in the Biodiversity Heritage Library can help you make the leap
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Sexy or scary, the outfit has cast a spell on costume wearers going back many years
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