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These articles were published in our popular science magazine: Inside Diamond
Human beings are naturally inquisitive beings. We want to understand the world around us, and that’s why we seek answers for things that don’t quite make sense. This drive to understand can encourage myths about ghouls and demons to emerge.
But that curiosity is also the basis for scientific enquiry. Experimentation and analysis helps us to better understand the world around us, and we now have explanations for many phenomena that people once found terrifying.
So this Halloween, have some fun and get scared silly. But when the time comes to turn off the lights, remember that science has an answer for most of the things that go bump in the night.
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