When in China, a TV program caught my attention, that focused on demystifying myths. It was about the cultural belief that there are some village women, who are usually very ugly or beautiful, who are witches. The show tells of a case of a guy, who spoke to a woman, who passed him some food....

A sophisticated yet funny story that Niels Bohr liked to tell: One of our neighbors in Tisvilde once fixed a horseshoe over the door to his house. When a common friend asked him, `But are you really superstitious? Do you honestly believe that this horseshoe will bring you luck?’ he...