Playlist

Spooky, creepy talks for Halloween

While you carve your pumpkins and put the final touches on your costume, these talks will get you into the Halloween spirit.

Emma Teeling

The secret of the bat genome

Jon Ronson

Strange answers to the psychopath test

Joshua Klein

A thought experiment on the intelligence of crows

Jim Fallon

Exploring the mind of a killer

J.J. Abrams

The mystery box

Theo Jansen

My creations, a new form of life

Cheryl Hayashi

The magnificence of spider silk

Marco Tempest

A magical tale (with augmented reality)

Ed Yong

Zombie roaches and other parasite tales

Béatrice Coron

Stories cut from paper