Death may be inevitable and universal, but the ways people deal with it most certainly are not. Whether doing Tibetan Buddhist sky burials, attending a graveside service dressed in black or putting one's parents' ashes in ...
Social Sciences
Nov 2, 2023
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Demons today are characterized in horror movies like "The Ring," "The Conjuring," and "The Exorcist" as paranormal entities—supernaturally powerful beings, with little relevance in reality. But in the medieval period, demons ...
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2023
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Plan International Australia, ChildFund Australia and the Young and Resilient Research Centre of Western Sydney University have released a ground-breaking new report today that shows how the rollout of cable internet systems ...
Social Sciences
Oct 16, 2020
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Halloween is often a time to seek out not just the spooky things that go bump in the night, but also the gross and horrifying things, too. What seems common to both is that people like the emotional rush free of any actual ...
Social Sciences
Oct 24, 2016
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How do you create a movie trailer about an artificially enhanced human?
Computer Sciences
Sep 2, 2016
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Years of horror movies have taught us the proper response to an invitation to spend a weekend at a cabin in the woods: No thanks.
Software
Aug 25, 2015
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BGI today announces the online publication in Science of the latest findings through genomic analysis of two distantly related bat species, the Black flying fox (Pteropus alecto) and David's Myotis (Myotis davidii). The work ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 20, 2012
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Evolutionary biologists on Tuesday said they had scientific backing to confirm suspicions that movies exploit our innate response to alarm and distress calls.
Other
May 25, 2010
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