I wake up in the morning and look in the mirror. I shower and do my hair and makeup in front of a vanity mirror, then get dressed with the help of my full-length mirror. I have three mirrors in my ...

There’s something undeniably mysterious about mirrors. They hang quietly on our walls, reflecting our faces and rooms, yet they have always been linked to far more than vanity. Across cultures and ...

Mirrors have enjoyed a history of mystique as they seem to have a magical quality about them. In early history we read of native tribes that feared mirrors, thinking they were seeing their own ghosts.

Among the many strange figures found in old legends, Agares stands out as one of the most unsettling. Some stories describe ...

The importance of positive mirroring in infant development is well established. Most therapists are introduced to developmental mirroring by studying Jacques Lacan, D.W. Winnicott, or Heinz Kohut.

Daniel Povinelli was in high school when he first read about a clever experiment, published in 1970, that showed chimpanzees—but not monkeys--can recognize themselves in mirrors. "I bought into the ...

You've heard about "being scared of your own shadow," but what about your own reflection? A kitten got the shock of its life after discovering mirrors for the first time, challenging his furry ...

Anyone can use a mirror to snag a reflection. But every day, there are reflections going on around us, totally unnoticed. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, capture one—without a mirror or glass ...

When Apple first introduced Keynote for the iPad, I thought it was a neat proof of concept. But I had a hard time getting around the disconnect of using a handheld tablet as a presentation device, ...