Happy All Hallows Evening, TEDsters! While you carve your pumpkins and put the final touches on your costume, here are 12 talks to get you further into the Halloween spirit. Starting with today’s fascinating talk, a love letter to bats.

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Emma Teeling: The secret of the bat genome
Bats have a bad reputation, says Emma Teeling in today’s talk given at TEDxDublin.