Jun 17 2011

What Blood Moons, Shrunken Heads and Death Tattoos Have in Common

Tag: Folklore and Superstition,Myths and Legends,Subcultures — Amy Enchelmeyer @ 7:14 pm
This week we saw the dark side of Discovery News' readers. But we promise to cheer you up with poop-grown mushrooms!

Apr 11 2011

2 Percent of Americans Identify as Gay

Tag: Current Events,Emotions,Gender,Love,Peoples and Government,Politics,Subcultures — Benjamin Radford @ 7:26 pm
Since sexuality is inherently fluid and ambiguous, quantifying sexual identification is fraught with difficulty.

Nov 23 2010

Friday News Feedbag for Friday, November 19!

Tag: Current Events,Fads,Feedblog,Subcultures — Jorge Ribas @ 6:00 pm
If this is your first exposure to the Friday News Feedbag... we're glad to have you in the club. Welcome to Feedbag Nation, which stems from our weekly science news podcast that you can subscribe to here on iTunes and ...

Aug 02 2010

Women Are More Attracted to Men Wearing Red

Tag: Emotions,Gender,Human Ancestors,Subcultures — Jennifer Viegas @ 2:20 pm
Men who wear red are more more attractive and sexually desirable to women, according to a new study.

Jun 15 2010

Belief in Luck Enough to Boost Performance

Tag: Current Events,Emotions,Folklore and Superstition,Myths and Legends,Religion and Spirituality,Subcultures — Teresa Shipley @ 1:15 am
Researchers say they've proved that superstition improves performance.