To “live in the whole world of music” was all the influential, experimental composer wanted—and did, even while imprisoned at San Quentin.

Palm reading, also known as palmistry or chiromancy, has fascinated us as a practice and a party trick for centuries.

Forty years ago, Hollywood made gremlins loveable—portraying them as adorable, furry creatures. Their folkloric origins are far more sinister.

A philosopher of science explains how the industry could explore other planets without exploiting them.

For centuries, a fork-tailed mythical creature that lurks in the pinelands of the Garden State has served as a reminder of the horrors that result when reproductive freedoms are destroyed.

The government of China has been working to revitalize traditional celebrations that were suppressed after the adoption of the Gregorian calendar.

Are formulaic hoping and wishing statements in correspondence evidence of magical thinking?

For more than a thousand years, people have used letters allegedly written by Christ as both doctrinal evidence and magical charms.

Log drivers once steered loose timber on rivers across America before railroad expansion put such shepherds out of work.

The rise of the internet age and digital spaces has created a whole new world for ethnographic investigation.