Life at sea was dangerous, lonely, and often unpredictable. So it’s no surprise sailors built rules around luck, omens, and ...

Soldiers have always carried more than gear into battle. They’ve carried rituals, lucky charms, warnings, and strange little ...

A deep-sea oarfish, a species that spends its life hundreds of feet below the ocean surface, washed ashore on a beach in Baja ...

Catholics can slip into superstition without realizing it. Exorcists warn against getting involved in the occult and superstitions since they open the door to powers not of God. In the spirit world, ...

In cultures that use this practice, people knock on wood to ward off bad luck, and welcome in wealth or fortune. In modern times, it's believed that if you knock on wood when making a statement about ...

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Have you ever worn your "lucky" shoes to a job interview, or knocked on wood after saying something hopeful? These types of superstitious actions aren't rational, but many of us do them anyways. Take ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...