The thrill of a frightening film can feel euphoric – and mild horror, say researchers, can also help foster lasting psychological resilience
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Sunday Reads for October 30, 2022
Today’s newsletter is brimming with the Halloween spirit, starting with an investigation into the relationship between enjoyment and fear. (Mild horror, say researchers, can help foster lasting psychological resilience.) If Mother Nature commissioned H. R. Giger to design a plant, it would be the “life-consuming” carnivorous Nepenthes. Oomancy is the art of using eggs to interpret the future. Classic goth albums soundtrack it all.
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Some of us just can’t resist the allure of the carnivorous Nepenthes. They’re beautiful, rare, and in every way life-consuming. Your monstera is …
Some of you are thinking, Ewww, no way. But open your hearts to the truth: spiders are among the most fascinating creatures on earth, and great neighbors to boot (goodbye, mosquitos!). With climate change putting them in danger, they could use a few new friends. My first spider—the one that started …
From ancient Greece to the Salem Witch Trials. Shortly before his death in 1700, John Hale, a Puritan reverend from Beverly, Massachusetts, decided to …
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By the mid-1990s, the Beastie Boys had grown from New York City hip-hop scamps into alternative icons. Their concerns were growing in scope, too. Where previous records were often preoccupied with partying and flexing their skills as MCs, their fourth album, 1994’s Ill Communication, also contained …
Goth means a lot of things these days, and can encompass everything from emo to EDM to straight-up pop to just someone who only wears black. But …
