Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

The Gathering expansion that returns to the dual planes of Lorwyn and Shadowmoor—a pair of fairylands that used to switch pre-eminence in a 300-year cycle, in which the whimsical eternal-daylight ...

The hive mind doesn’t quite fit in the same category of horror as slashers or monsters, but it is its own impressive breed of ...

Elves in Anglo-Saxon England, though, were jerks. Old English medical texts attributed various diseases to elves. If you felt a sharp, unexplained pain, it was probably the result of an “ elfshot ”—an ...

It's glory kills galore, as the hunter recreates some of the franchise's most brutal moments with the reindeer. All those ...

You probably recognized that famous line, along with many other ones, from the Christmas classic "Elf" starring Will Ferrell. After sneaking into Santa Claus' (Ed Asner) sack as an orphan, Buddy the ...

For as long as twin sisters and co-creators of popular children's book "The Elf on the Shelf" Christa Pitts and Chanda A. Bell can remember, Santa's little helper, an elf, has been a part of their ...

You won’t believe what we spotted at a local fish store—an alien-looking lobster creature unlike anything we’ve ever seen. Its colors, shape, and movement look straight out of another world. This rare ...

What do Xenomorph eggs feel like? According to the special effects experts who designed them for Alien: Earth, the answer is warm and sticky. Second Skin Studio worked directly with Wētā Workshop and ...

When Ridley Scott first premiered “Alien” in 1979, a new era of practical effects and creature design was ushered into the cultural zeitgeist. Almost 50 years later, the world that Scott built ...