Science Behind the Fiction

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Did bad bread cause the Salem witch trials? The Science Behind the Fiction of 'The Witch'
Cassidy Ward
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Annabelle, Chucky, and Talky Tina: Why are dolls, like, so creepy?
Cassidy Ward
Oct 28, 2020
Chucky Child's Play
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Yes, it turns out if you die in a dream, you could die in real life. No one tell Freddy.
Cassidy Ward
Oct 21, 2020
Nightmare on Elm Street
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How your mind can trick you into thinking you've seen a ghost
Cassidy Ward
Oct 14, 2020
A dark corridor in The Haunting of Bly Manor at Netflix
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Are any of the Universal Classic Monsters scientifically plausible?
Cassidy Ward
Oct 7, 2020
Creature from the Black Lagoon
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Is space madness a real concern or just fiction like Firefly's Reavers?
Cassidy Ward
Sep 30, 2020
Firefly Reavers
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Could you keep Jurassic Park dinosaurs alive in today's world? Science says...
Cassidy Ward
Sep 23, 2020
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous
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Here's how we're creating real superhumans, like in The Boys
Cassidy Ward
Sep 16, 2020
The Boys
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Could we live on Kepler-22b, like Raised by Wolves' human colonists?
Cassidy Ward
Sep 9, 2020
A desert scene from Raised by Wolves from HBO Max
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What would happen if you were pickled, Seth Rogen-style?
Cassidy Ward
Sep 2, 2020
An American Pickle
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Would wolves be good at basketball, or did Teen Wolf lie to us all?
Cassidy Ward
Aug 26, 2020
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Do any real animals enter a death-like slumber, Lovecraft-style?
Cassidy Ward
Aug 19, 2020
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Could we fall victim to an alien virus?
Cassidy Ward
Aug 12, 2020
Star Trek Lower Decks Virus Outbreak
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Could time travel change the past, like Umbrella Academy suggests?
Cassidy Ward
Aug 5, 2020
The Umbrella Academy Klaus
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If the ice caps melted, would our world really look like Waterworld?
Cassidy Ward
Jul 29, 2020
Waterworld
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Inception's dream-reading technology is becoming reality
Cassidy Ward
Jul 22, 2020
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