Monster classes probe new vein of scholarship

Most college students put in a monster study session or two. Marina Levina's students get to spend sessions studying monsters.

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`Monsters vs. Aliens' creates another dimension

"Monsters vs. Aliens" opens with an old 3-D gag: A ball bounces directly into the audience, causing moviegoers to instinctively scoot back in their seats. But the resemblance to old-fashioned 3-D ends there.

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From the late 19th century onwards, stories of werewolf encounters tailed away significantly, says Regal. "The spread of the idea of evolution helped kill off the werewolf because a canid-human hybrid makes no sense from an evolutionary point of view," he says.

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If there is a Loch Ness monster, she's feeling pretty good about herself right now. Robert H. Rines, the man who came closer than anyone to proving the existence of the fabled serpent, died last week at the age of 87.

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A giant hairy gorilla-like creature who resembles the legendary Bigfoot has been caught on camera in Kentucky...

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I don't even want to KNOW how that thing looked as it came at them.

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And what should we do with our monsters?

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In recent years, in fact, some of America's favorite chains have gone above and beyond the call of duty and concocted thoroughly repellent dishes that make the Double Quarter Pounder look like a celery stick.

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Is Your Home Childproof!

Can kids get into your home? You might consider taking steps now to keep them out.

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Monsters in my Closet

I grew up in a strange environment. My neighborhood was a tall pine tree forest my grandfather bought from the electric company and divided amongst his children. My family chose to build a gray castle-style home with iron bars on some of the windows.

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"Zombies in Plain English" is a satirical video created to celebrate Halloween and help protect your brain.

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Our Enemies Are Men, Not Monsters: American Prisons Can Hold Gitmo's Worst

Americans can't seem to build things anymore. No one wants to buy our cars; most consumer manufacturing is being outsourced to Mexico or Asia; and even our aircraft industry is facing some stiff competition from overseas.

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Aquarium staff have unearthed a 'giant sea' worm that was attacking coral reef and prize fish. The 4ft long monster, named Barry, had launched a sustained attack on the reef in a display tank at Newquay's Blue Reef Aquarium over recent months.

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Here be monsters. The phrase was used by early cartographers, and it still captures the imagination. It was a vivid excuse for ignorance, and also a flamboyant plea for it: "We have no idea what lies beyond our known world, and that frightens us beyond reason.

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26 academic biologists have signed a paper criticizing four biotech firms for actively preventing scientific oversight of the effects of their genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

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As parents we all live in fear of dying and orphaning our children. Of someone kidnapping our children, or molesting them. We fear our children drowning in pools, dying in car accidents or contracting a deadly disease.

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THERE ARE CREATURES that lurk out there in the dark, that haunt the isolated forests of the world, that hide in the icy depths of the deepest lakes.

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The Halloween Monsters I Created

To help get my three-year-old twins in the mood for Halloween, I got a couple holiday CDs to listen to in the car on the way to school and other activities.

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A group of filmmakers claim to have successfully captured Sweden's legendary Great Lake Sea Monster (Storsjöodjuret), which is said to lurk in the waters of the Storsjön in northern Sweden.

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But there is also a small coterie of serious scientists interested in the possibility—as they see it, the likelihood—that somewhere in the deep woods of North America enormous ape-men really are alive and well and just barely eluding detection.

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No evidence has emerged to support claims made last week by two men who said they found the corpse of a seven-foot-tall (two-meter-tall) Bigfoot—an apelike creature of North American legend—in the woods of northern Georgia.

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Monsters are everywhere these days, and belief in them is as strong as ever.

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For EW's 1000th issue, we asked guest writers associated with a variety of the New Classics to contribute their own top 10 lists. Here are Neil Gaiman's favorite 10 New Classic Monsters, starting with...

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The movie The Legend of Boggy Creek inspired D.W. Lee to drive to Fouke, Ark., in search of Bigfoot. Since the 1990s, he has become an avid researcher and expert on the legend and the creature. And a believer.

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"Companion website to a 2008 exhibit that examines "the legend and the science behind some of the most fascinating creatures ever invented. ...

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You've found out how to take down 500-foot monsters, and learned the secret to terminating Terminators. Now it's time for the ultimate challenge. How you should arm yourself to survive a zombie apocalypse?

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