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The Scariest Halloween Costume Is A Cockroach That Performs Root Canals

If you really want to scare someone this Halloween, you should think about dressing up as a microphone — 21 percent of Americans say they are afraid of “public speaking/performance.” Alternatively, you...

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Here’s When You Should Stop Trick-Or-Treating

Tomorrow is Halloween, when suburbia experiences an annual bacchanal of egging, teepeeing and vandalizing. Also, a bunch of trick-or-treating. Just like showing up to parties or dancing at weddings,...

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New Year’s Is America’s Fourth-Favorite Holiday

We’re just about done with the cataclysm of cheer and consumption that is the holiday season. Soon we will all sober up and go back to our lives as grumpy people ashamed of our weight and spending...

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This Machine Was Built To Give You Nightmares

Great news, technophobes: Machines are now learning how to scare us. With the help of deep learning algorithms, an artificial intelligence project dubbed the Nightmare Machine is figuring out how to...

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The Ultimate Halloween Candy Power Ranking

Video by Christine Laskowski, Tony Chow and Emily Scherer The social contract of Halloween is simple: Provide adequate treats to costumed masses, or be prepared for late-night tricks from those...

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Politics Podcast: In Which We Argue Against Ourselves

By Clare Malone, Micah Cohen and Galen Druke, Clare Malone, Micah Cohen and Galen Druke and Clare Malone, Micah Cohen and Galen Druke   More: Apple Podcasts | ESPN App | RSS | Embed Embed Code...

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Do Americans Like Talking Politics At The Thanksgiving Table?

How many Americans really like pumpkin spice lattes? And how many celebrate Halloween? In our new game show, The United Stats Of America, host Galen Druke quizzes people in New York’s Central Park...

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