Tag: halloween
Pumpkins’ journey from ancient food staple to spicy fall obsession spans...
Shelley Mitchell, Oklahoma State University
October in much of the U.S. brings cooler weather, vibrant fall colors and, of...
How Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor became Halloween’s theme song
Megan Sarno, University of Texas at Arlington
Imagine a grand house on a hill, after dark on an autumn...
From Black Death to COVID-19, pandemics have always pushed people to...
Nükhet Varlik, Rutgers University - Newark
After the last couple of Halloweens were plagued by doubt and worry thanks...
The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of...
Madeline Steiner, University of South Carolina
The scary clown has become a horror staple.
Featuring Art...
Halloween’s celebration of mingling with the dead has roots in ancient...
Tok Thompson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
As Halloween approaches, people get ready to celebrate the...
Why are so many people delighted by disgusting things?
Bradley J. Irish, Arizona State University
Halloween is a time to embrace all that is disgusting, from bloody slasher...
Rainbow fentanyl – the newest Halloween scare
Joel Best, University of Delaware
Every year around the middle of October, reporters start contacting me wanting to talk...
How to keep your jack-o’-lantern from turning into moldy, maggoty mush...
Matt Kasson, West Virginia University
For many Americans, pumpkins mean that fall is here. In anticipation, coffee shops, restaurants...
EXPLORING NATURE
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
