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Halloween conjures visions of ghosts, hauntings and many unexplained phenomena that play on our worst fears
October 27, 2008 |
Features
A cognitive scientist employs malevolent logic to define the dark side of the human psyche
Features
Researchers set up "haunted" room to prove an electromagnetic theory of ghost sightings
Features
Scientists scan the brain in an attempt to explain the hows and whys of being afraid--very afraid
Science Talk
For Halloween, we take a tour of Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, N.Y., with geologist Sidney Horenstein and Woodlawn expert Susan Olsen, concentrating on the geology of the rock used in the memorials
Government installations appear to attract the supernatural
It is the pressure change--not the blades--that wipe out thousands of bats annually at wind farms
Fog and lasers reveal the wind beneath a bat's wings
HemoBioTech says it has solved the toxicity issues that have plagued its predecessors
Why so many of us think our minds continue on after we die
There is an environmental price for our love of chocolate on Halloween, but it may not be what you think
In this episode, journalist Susan Warren, author of the new book Backyard Giants, talks about the art and science involved in the Quixotic quest to grow the world's biggest pumpkins
As recently as the 1890s, some New Englanders believed that their dead relatives were vampires, feeding on the living. And, in fact, the dead could look better when exhumed than they did while still alive. Now we know why.
A study shows that young children have a tough time knowing if monsters are real or pretend
At last, fossil and genetic findings elucidate the evolution of bats--and settle a long-standing debate over the origins of flight and echolocation
Does the fear of "someone watching" help put us on the straight and narrow path?
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