Elizabeth Peterson

People who believe in ghosts are more afraid of the world than are people who shun belief in the supernatural.

Have you heard that expression "better sleep with one eye open?" Crocs may take that advice to heart.

Photographers and researchers from around the world are teaming up to share images of everyone's favorite Halloween mascots — spiders.

It's October, and that can mean only one thing: Time to share awesome spider pictures on social media.

Bacteria can be beautiful.

Bacteria can be beautiful.

Americans aren't that afraid of the boogeyman, but they are afraid of their own elected officials.

A magical new device sounds like something out of a Harry Potter movie, but it's real technology that could benefit people in remote areas.

The former NBA star took 10 "herbal Viagra" supplements in the days before he was found unconscious in a Nevada brothel.

A World War-II era tank was recently sold at auction to a private bidder for $155,000.

A vintage Apple-1 computer and a German Enigma machine are two of the items up for sale.

The mother of all Macs and a Nazi cipher machine are just two of the cool things to be auctioned off in the science-themed sale.

Mammals have been growing hair the same way for 125 million years.

The winner of this year's contest invites you to consider a bee's perspective on the world.

This woman wrote the world's first computer code 100 years before the computer was invented.

Regular coloring books are so 2014.

A poison-injecting suitcase and a not-so-harmless shovel are among the items on display.

Photos from a creepy new exhibit at the Museum of London.

Sure, the seasonally themed Whopper will turn your poop green, but that's not really anything to worry about.

A newly described species of rodent has a nose like a cute little piglet, ears that only a mother could love and teeth that would make Dracula run in fear.

This year's Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to three scientists whose research helps explain how human beings continue to thrive despite an invisible disadvantage — their totally unstable DNA.

Who would you rather have in your pocket, Siri or Sherlock?

A few slices of bacon a day seem to keep the doctor away (at least for one woman).

Hundreds of new species have been discovered in the Himalayas in recent years, but many face danger as climate change and overdevelopment alter their habitats.