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...f what eventuated it have ranged from asteroids to cross-dimensional rips. Scientific opinion tends to be conservative partly because reputations are at stake, p As the framework of scientific knowledge expands, some anomalies get explained logically, losing their sta

...nt, the cabinet of curiosities would often include monsters in amongst the scientific instruments and toys. Similarly, the monstrous was an important concept on ==Monsters in literature==

...if approached. Much folklore has attached to the legend, despite possible scientific explanations. One possible naturalistic and scientific explanation for such phenomena is that the oxidation of hydrogen phosphide

...ent, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method." <ref>''Science Fiction: Its Nature, Faults and Virtues'' in ''The A science fiction story may be firmly rooted in real scientific possibilities (see [[Hard science fiction]]) as they are understood at the

Some ghost researchers approach the possibility of ghosts from a more scientific standpoint, seeking to find correlations and causal relationships between r ...keptical of the existence of ghosts. For example, the vast majority of the scientific community believes that ghosts, as well as other [[supernatural]] and [[par

...:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]].) The story has had an influence across literature and [[:Category:Popular culture|popular culture]] and spawned a complete ge ...d numerous chemical reactions," and whose rooms at Oxford were filled with scientific equipment. [http://www.dickinson.edu/~nicholsa/Romnat/pbshelley.htm]

...s]]. There is very little early [[folklore]] distinct from the [[aggadah]] literature. However, some forms of folklore have survived among the Jewish people in a ...lk-tales from East to West, Jews have played an important part. The Bidpai literature was transferred from the Orient to western Europe entirely by Jewish means

...tting the description of shadow people have been recorded for centuries in literature. For example, in 1887, celebrated French author Guy de Maupassant pennned t ...and are considered by many to be pseudoscience. Other explanations make no scientific pretense whatever, and lie more within the realm of religion and the [[occu

...s statues and symbols in palaces. Homa also had a special place in Persian literature as guardians of light. The scientific species name for the Andean Condor is ''Vultur gryphus''; Latin for "griffi

...cient depictions on various archaeological artifacts. An early instance in literature was the dragon that guarded the [[Golden Fleece]] in the Voyage of the Argo ===Scientific speculation===

...nly, this is known as [[sleight of hand]], and is wholly separate from the scientific/paranormal aspects of psychokinesis. * In the children's novel ''[[Matilda (children's literature)|Matilda]]'' by [[Roald Dahl]], the protagonist, Matilda Wormwood, develops

Also, sadomasochism as a sexual practice was well known in literature before the works of the Marquis de Sade. The Kama Sutra, dated roughly at t ...d on this, he found only five previous empirical studies in all scientific literature, including Spengler's. Beslow was also the first to show that non-prostitut

Dragons are very popular characters in fantasy literature, role-playing games and video games today. ...ave a snake-like dragon connotations of evil. Generally speaking, Biblical literature itself did not portray this association (save for the [[Book of Revelation]

...e to feed upon them.Carl von Linné included kraken as cephalopods with the scientific name ''Microcosmus'' in the first edition of his "Systema Naturae" (1735), ==Literature==

...ese photographs, British naturalist Peter Scott announced in 1975 that the scientific name of the monster would henceforth be Nessiteras rhombopteryx (Greek for ===Literature===

...e goals, nor the mystic and philosophical speculation that dominates their literature. Rather it was for their mundane contributions to the "chemical" industries ..., such as the Odic force, but his research did not enter the mainstream of scientific discussion.

...nomics), but with approval from his personal tutor, he switched to English literature, which was not then a part of the curriculum offered (“A Magickal Life” ...rofessional and personal careers were spent expanding the new frontiers of scientific illuminism.

...Harleian Miscellany in 1745. Vampires had already been discussed in German literature.After Austria gained control of northern Serbia and Oltenia in 1718, offic ...ged vampire as having ruddy or dark skin, not the pale skin of vampires in literature and film. In the past, people were often malnourished and therefore thin in

...monculus”) is often used to illustrate the functioning of a system. In the scientific sense of an unknowable prime actor, it can be viewed as an entity or agent. ...malformed fetus. There are very few reported cases in the English-language literature of this entity. Since the discovery of this well organized and highly diffe

...ce of Martians. This controversy continued until around 1960, when growing scientific knowledge snuffed out any remaining hope for intelligent life on that cold ===Martians in literature===