Scholar Alison Habens tells us more about the Greek goddesses who provided divine inspiration for ancient poets.

In the 1950s, supersized insects were the villains in a rash of big-screen horror movies. What did those monstrous roaches represent, and how were they vanquished?

Palm reading, also known as palmistry or chiromancy, has fascinated us as a practice and a party trick for centuries.

Well-researched stories from Aeon, Nautilus, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, is observed across the length and breadth of India as well as among the large Indian diaspora around the world.

Why are Victorians the default haunted house, what do ghosts have to do with the imagination, and why do we like to be scared?

Since the 1930s, the idea of a “Judeo-Christian tradition” has been used in American politics, but some Jews have always taken issue with the entire concept.

The electron microscope brought about a paradigm shift in virology in the middle of the twentieth century.

William Hope claimed to be able to document the visitations of ghosts. The controversial images he produced add to our understanding of the history of photography.

Look for this other-worldly plant in moist, shaded areas of mature forests throughout much of North America, East Asia, and northern South America.