Superstition

Health & Medicine

Do you feel lucky?

Two new studies find that beliefs in luck and predicting the future vary around the world, for unexpected reasons

Arts & Culture

The poem behind the Green Knight

The medieval romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is now a movie, but the poem itself already has a surprisingly contemporary message about tradition, modernity and our sense of self

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Arts & Culture

Go Figure

Why gargoyles and gryphons keep watch over cities

Ever wondered about those mythical beasts looking down from the tops of buildings?

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