myth

Politicians’ knee-jerk tendency is to spend money. They receive credit for accomplishing something while spending other people’s money. Economists often help politicians by promoting the myth that federal spending stimulates ...

Commentary I’ll begin with a provocative thesis: Socialism is ideological, and free market thinking, while involving myth, is ...

I try to wake up every day and treat that day like a lifetime, like a microcosmic version ...

While it can be amusing to listen to people talk about anti-aging strategies, it’s unfortunate when people believe ...

William Blake, in his poem "Auguries of Innocence," wrote: Some are born to sweet delight And some are ...

Bottled water is masquerading as a superhero and we're here to say something about it! Not all bottled ...

It’s 399 B.C. Having been judged and condemned to death, Socrates, the ancient Greek philosopher, reflects on his ...

In this series, Myths: Mapping Our Way Home, James Sale revisits why myths—all but discounted today—remain crucial to ...

Elasmotherium sibiricum, sometimes referred to as the Siberian unicorn, had a horn likely multiple feet long.

Several Native American tribes have passed down legends of a race of white giants who were wiped out.

Will these remains prove that a race of tall people existed hundreds of years ago deep in the ...

Elaborate sensory manipulation made the Nekromanteion a spooky place.

A lost city supposedly ruled by blonde men rich with gold and jewels was part of the reason ...

Multiple expeditions supposedly found Hy-Brasil and had strange accounts of what they encountered there.

Talk of a maze of underground tunnels beneath the Colonial city of Puebla in Mexico has long been ...

Crop circles aren't a modern fad. Reports throughout history, before the term "crop circle" buzzed through the world, ...

For thousands of years, the sudden appearance of a ring of mushrooms was taken as a sure sign ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a labyrinth in India that dates back 2,000 years and has a pattern similar to ...

A man's years-long journey to find a mysterious site ends in success.

A rare genetic defect causes some people to be born with hair all over their bodies. Fewer than ...

Prehistoric Europeans told legends about powerful, mysterious female makers of European stone tombs called dolmens and cromlechs.

I remember reading as a kid about Benjamin Bathurst, David Lang, and Oliver Larch. All three have strange ...

Dozens of scientists from high-level institutions in China have studied Yeren evidence. In 1980, more than 100 investigators ...

Scientists have investigated a few highly publicized cases of people who claim not to eat or drink for ...

Bigfoot research is often the domain of amateur enthusiasts. But some highly educated scientists in relevant fields, such ...

The ever-burning flames of legend not only reveal the spiritual and cultural rituals of the past, but can ...

The story of Atlantis is not unique to the ancient Greeks, as other cultures also have similar legends ...