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

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?