Superstitions ascribe supernatural origins to things that humans don’t understand, and they occur across the world. Early humans had a lot that they didn’t understand, but modern people are much more enlightened. Superstitions about bad luck feel like the kind of things we tell gullible children, so why do I still see people knocking on [...]
June 30, 2010
An Austrian university is on the hunt for girls who recoil at the sight of spiders for research into how fear affects the processes of the brain. “The researchers are looking for girls aged between 8-13 years who are very fearful of spiders and/or who feel sick at the sight of them,” the University of [...]
October 14, 2009
More than 16 million Brits regularly carry out routines they believe will bring them luck – or ward off bad good luck, it has been revealed. A survey of 3,000 people found a third salute magpies on a daily basis, four out of ten regularly touch wood and half would never walk under a ladder. [...]
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July 17, 2010
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