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Where Fear Lives
Scientists are testing innovative ways to keep frightening memories from controlling people’s lives
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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
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Cinema’s Spookiest Dinosaur Scenes
Dinosaurs have been movie monsters for a century. Here’s a short countdown of some of their scariest moments in film.
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October 31, 1926: Death Proves Inescapable for Even Houdini
Magician Harry Houdini, who could seemingly escape anything, couldn’t escape a punch to the gut and appendicitis
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Five Last-Minute Science-Themed Halloween Costume Ideas
No one else will be dressed like dark energy
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Events Oct. 31-Nov. 3: Spooky Storytelling, Explore Chile, Lunder Conservation Center, and Sounds of the Dragon
This week, visit a Halloween story session, learn about Chile, get an up-close look at museum conservation, and enjoy a fusion of classical music
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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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Ronald Greeley: A Gentleman and a Scholar
Some scientists are both great researchers and fine human beings. Ron Greeley was one of them
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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
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Living Sauropods? No Way
Dinosaurs have long been rumored to still survive in the Congo Basin, but is there any truth to the tall tales?
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Hopping Vampires and Other Screen Bloodsuckers
Forget Twilight and True Blood, these overlooked vampire gems are perfect for Halloween viewing
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“Chinglish” Dramatizes China-U.S. Muddles
In the new Broadway play by David Henry Hwang, an American in Beijing misinterpreting the signs
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“A Song for the Horse Nation” opens at the American Indian Museum
A new exhibition details the significant role of the horse in American Indian culture
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Jaron Lanier’s Virtual Reality Future
The father of virtual reality believed technology promised infinite possibilities. Now, he worries that it’s entrapping us
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A Ghostly Scream From the Sahara
Superstitious sitings may have a root in human evolution
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Weekend Events Oct 28-30: Human Origins Discussion, Air and Scare, and Horse Nation Opening
This weekend, hear from experts on human evolution, go trick-or-treating in a museum, and celebrate the opening of a new American Indian exhibition
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Nine Inventions Whose Time Has Come
Some are ingenious, some long overdue and some a bit strange. But all provide a glimpse of a different future
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TV’s “Pan Am:” A Case of Misplaced Nostalgia
Who doesn’t miss the retro glories of the early Jet Age celebrated in the ABC series? But enough with the sexy stewardesses already
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