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Zombie flu: How the 1919 influenza pandemic fueled the rise of...

Elizabeth Outka, University of Richmond Zombies have lurched to the center of Halloween culture, with costumes proliferating as fast as the monsters themselves. This year,...

Not all candy is candy – at least for tax purposes

Hayes Holderness, University of Richmond Halloween shoppers have many delicious decisions to make before trick-or-treaters show up at their doors. And in many states, those...

Most witches are women, because witch hunts were all about persecuting...

Bridget Marshall, University of Massachusetts Lowell “Witch hunt” – it’s a refrain used to deride everything from impeachment inquiries and sexual assault investigations to allegations...

Why believing in ghosts can make you a better person

Werner Reischel/Flickr.com, CC BY Tok Thompson, University of Southern...

Why has Halloween become so popular among adults?

Linus Owens, Middlebury College Halloween used to be kid stuff. To quit dressing up was an important rite of passage. It meant you were one...

Why is it fun to be frightened?

Margee Kerr, University of Pittsburgh ...

Tricking and treating has a history

Regina Hansen, Boston University Over the past few decades, Halloween celebrations have gained in popularity, not only with children and families, but with all those...

Halloween & Election Night: Democracy Intertwined?

"Trump masks are outselling Hillary masks 3-1," said Howie Beige, executive vice president of Rubie’s costume shop in NYC, founded in 1951. “I am definitely surprised by the demand. We will be in production until the last few days before Halloween on these items.… At this point, we’re behind demand.”

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