Paranormal Activity

Paranormal Activity and the Roots of Faked Footage

The horror movie franchise is just the latest in a long history of movies using so-called “recovered” films

Stuffed cabbage

Five Ways to Eat Cabbage

It’s versatile and found in cuisines throughout the globe. Stuff it, fry it, shred it and more

Licorice

Is Licorice Dangerous?

After sitting down for a meal at a restaurant alone, the writer overhears an intriguing story.

Guess Who Came to Dinner

A table for one can be the best seat in the house

George Catlin's c. 1827 fusion of art and cartography, A Bird's Eye View of Niagara Falls, likely struck 19th-century viewers as highly imaginative.

America’s 19th Century Highway: The River

A new exhibition of American wonders underscores the debt our country owes to its waterways

Experience the life cycles of stars and galaxies, such as Centaurus A galaxy, shown here, through January 2012 at the National Museum of Natural History.

What’s Up

In 1939, Diosa Costello became the first Latina on Broadway.

Q and A With Diosa Costello

The first Latina on Broadway dishes on her career and how she got her breakout role in South Pacific

The PT-13D prepared Tuskegee Airmen for war.

Breaking Ground

The Tuskegee Airmen Plane’s Last Flight

The final voyage of a World War II biplane evokes the exploits of the legendary fighting force

To prevent young birds from imprinting on humans, flock manager Jane Chandler dons a white gown and a mask. She uses a puppet to teach them survival skills.

A Call to Save the Whooping Crane

Smithsonian researchers join an international effort to bring the five-foot-tall bird back from the brink of extinction

Yves Klein produced controversial and boundary-breaking single-color paintings, elemental canvases of fire, water and air, and even galleries emptied of all artworks.

Simple Pleasures

Ralph Eugene Meatyard said that masks erased the differences between people. He photographed his family, shown here, in 1962.

Ralph Eugene Meatyard: The Man Behind the Masks

The “dedicated amateur” photographer had a strange way of getting his subjects to reveal themselves

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Letters

Readers Respond to the September Issue

Pumpkin curry

Inviting Writing: Making Peace with Pumpkin

Mostly I used my sister as a means to escape unwanted food by shoving it onto her plate when nobody was looking

The Bat in Belfry

Bat Art Isn’t Bad Art

The genre of bat sculpture might not get much attention, but among the finest examples is a bronze by the great French actress Sarah Bernhardt

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Ten Horror Movie Food Scenes That Will Make You Shudder

Movie directors know that the quickest way to the audience’s gag reflex is through its stomach

From Vampyr

Hopping Vampires and Other Screen Bloodsuckers

Forget Twilight and True Blood, these overlooked vampire gems are perfect for Halloween viewing

Baguette

How Deadly Bread Bewitched a French Village

Deviled eggs, one of many Halloween treats

Deviled Eggs and Other Foods from Hell

What, exactly, is so wicked about mixing hard-boiled egg yolk with mayonnaise and mustard?

From The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

3-D Movies Through the Years

The current craze has its roots in the 19th century

These artifacts are thought to have been offerings from the earliest farming communities that lived in this area. Chemical analysis of charred food residues preserved inside a number of vessels shows they were used for processing freshwater fish, which supplemented their fledgling agricultural economy.

Ancient Pots Show How Humans Adopted Farming

The switch from hunting and gathering to farming was revolutionary—but was it fast or slow?

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