The vampire legend has been evolving for centuries. The most common image of the vampire was born in Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula" in 1897, but the stories go back further than that. Learn all about the undead.
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Nathan S. Kline, who theorized that a drug was responsible for Narcisse's experiences as a zombie. Since such a drug could have medical uses, particularly in the field of anesthesiology, Kline hoped to gather samples, analyze them and determine how they worked. Davis learned that Haitians who...
What was the source of the positive and negative charges? As we'll see in the next section, scientists were able to answer that question in the 1800s.Electricity and Atomic Structure Inside an atom Toward the end of the 19th century, science was barreling along at an impressive...
Lamastu is closely associated withLilith, a prominent figure in some Jewish texts. Accounts of Lilith vary considerably, but in the most notable versions of the story, she was the original woman. God created both Adam and Lilith from the Earth, but there was soon trouble between them. Lilith...
“The film follows a group of twenty something social media influencers who spend a weekend at a remote contemporary house in an Irish forest, and must fight for their lives when they awaken the world’s original vampire from her slumber.”Grace Collender (Fréwaka) stars alongside Clinton ...
For kids in the suburbs and the sticks, Night Flight was was practically a lifeline. Creator Stuart S. Shapiro has now revitalized the network to make a new “punk Criterion Collection” specializing in documentaries, music videos, cult cinema, and more.
The term "scab" was first used in the 13th century to mean a nasty, itchy skin disease or the crust that forms on a wound. By 1806, the word "scab" arrived at its current meaning -- a strikebreaker who willingly crosses the picket line [source: Lexicon of Labor, Online Etymology Dic...
It’s no secret that after the dual Writers and Actors strike, 2024 was finally the year to return to great television. And the year had its fair share of spectacular debuts of new series that wormed themselves into our hearts with strong writing, great characters, and the ability to keep...
The crossbow, a weapon popular with Wookiees, vampire slayers and some modern hunters, looks like a cross between a bow and a rifle. Learn how it was invented.