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Did bad bread cause the Salem witch trials? The Science Behind the Fiction of 'The Witch'
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Annabelle, Chucky, and Talky Tina: Why are dolls, like, so creepy?
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Yes, it turns out if you die in a dream, you could die in real life. No one tell Freddy.
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How your mind can trick you into thinking you've seen a ghost
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Are any of the Universal Classic Monsters scientifically plausible?
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Oct 7, 2020
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Is space madness a real concern or just fiction like Firefly's Reavers?
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Sep 30, 2020
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Could you keep Jurassic Park dinosaurs alive in today's world? Science says...
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Sep 23, 2020
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Here's how we're creating real superhumans, like in The Boys
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Sep 16, 2020
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Could we live on Kepler-22b, like Raised by Wolves' human colonists?
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Sep 9, 2020
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An American Pickle
What would happen if you were pickled, Seth Rogen-style?
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Sep 2, 2020
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Would wolves be good at basketball, or did Teen Wolf lie to us all?
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Aug 26, 2020
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Do any real animals enter a death-like slumber, Lovecraft-style?
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Aug 19, 2020
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Could we fall victim to an alien virus?
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Aug 12, 2020
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Could time travel change the past, like Umbrella Academy suggests?
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Aug 5, 2020
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If the ice caps melted, would our world really look like Waterworld?
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Jul 29, 2020
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Inception's dream-reading technology is becoming reality
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Jul 22, 2020
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