Halloween is almost here (though if you ask basically any store, it's Christmas), and for those who celebrate, it means busting out a variety of traditions. Old decorations, pretending you're not ...

Emily Anthes is a science journalist, whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, Wired, Nature, Slate, Businessweek and Scientific American. She is the author of Instant Egghead Guide: The Mind and ...

Go fish -- Got milk? -- Double trouble -- Nine lives -- Sentient sensors -- Pin the tail on the dolphin -- Robo revolution -- Beauty in the beasts Summary For centuries, we have toyed with our ...