July 24, 2020 – Five Shouts Out

From Victorian demons to the Beijing night bus: why we tell each other urban legends

EditorJuly 24, 2020July 24, 2020

Maksimilian/Shutterstock Many of us are familiar with modern urban legends. There’s Bloody Mary – the apparition who appears if you chant her name in front of a mirror – or...

Earth

We discovered a new species, but war means it may now remain hidden forever

EditorJuly 24, 2020July 24, 2020

The male specimen discovered in the Natural History Museum, Vienna. Alec Moore, Author provided The world has a new species. My colleagues and I were hugely excited to announce it...

Theories

Want a more meaningful life? Ask yourself: “Who would I take to a remote island?”

EditorJuly 24, 2020July 24, 2020

Jenn Liv A philosopher walks into a bar, and a barfly asks him, “What’s the meaning of life?” That philosopher is me, and it’s an inevitable question once people find...