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“There Is No Advantage to Thinking”: Leon Festinger’s ‘When Prophecy Fails’
How an apocalyptic UFO cult became the focal point of a landmark work of social science. By Daniel Cecil.
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The Loudest Sound Ever Heard
When Krakatoa erupted, the sound it made circled the globe not one, but four times. By Aatish Bhatia.
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Red Sprite Lightning
Taken by Paul Smith on May 24, 2018 @ Edmond, Oklahoma, USA.
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Found: A Rare Tiny Deer in Vietnam
It's called a muntjac, and the last time it appeared was nearly two decades ago.
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Why Beans Were an Ancient Emblem of Death
Fava beans can be lethal. By Anne Ewbank.
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Study Shows How The Human Body Can Detect Events 1-10 Seconds Before They Occur
Over the past few decades a significant and noteworthy amount of scientific research has emerged contributing to the notion that human precognition could very well be real, and that we all might possess this potential -amongst various other extended human capacities. precognition. By Arjun Walia.
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Delphic priestesses were the world’s first political risk consultants
The Pythia offered practical counsel that could shape future actions, just as political risk analysts do today – though we’d use modern jargon and call it ‘policy’ in the public sphere, and ‘corporate strategy’ in the business world. By John C. Hulsman.
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My Own Personal Nothingness
From a childhood hallucination to the halls of theoretical physics. By Alan Lightman.
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Meeting the DMT Trip Entities in Art
People who have experienced the so-called DMT trip usually say that it transcends words, but they often feel compelled to speak incessantly about it anyway. Learn about the artworks that display these beings in spectacular form. By Des Tramacchi, PhD.
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The Known Unknown: Tales of the Yucca Man
The desert has its own version of Sasquatch, and it’s just as smelly and hairy. By Ken Layne.
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The Sound of Madness
Can we treat psychosis by listening to the voices in our heads? By T. M. Luhrmann.
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The Bizarre Death of Bridget Cleary, the Irish "Fairy Wife"
Her husband thought she'd been replaced—by a supernatural being. By Maria J. Pérez Cuervo.
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The Observer at Infinity: J.W. Dunne vs. the Volcano
“Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what’s known as infinity” – Jean Cocteau. By Aaron Dabbah.
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A Jarring Revelation
Amanda Theodosia Jones was a 19th-century poet, entrepreneur, and inventor who found inspiration in some unlikely places. By Christine Ro.
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Finnish research project probes stigma of the paranormal
Based on population research, more than half of people in the Western world have had at least one experience that might be called “paranormal.” So why then do we hear so little about them? By Donagh Coleman.
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Our dreams have many purposes, changing across the lifespan
Dreams accompany us literally from the cradle to the grave. By Patrick McNamara.
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Could the brain produce its own psychedelic compound?
The theory that the brain produces its own psychedelic compound provokes pop-culture enthusiasm and scientific controversy. By Graham St John.
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The Wakulwe Theory of Ghosts
“The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living” – Marcus Tullius Cicero. By Aaron Dabbah.
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Lived Folklore in the Fairy Census
"What I want to do here, by way of therapy, is give a taste of how told folklore and lived folklore bleed into each other." By Simon Young.
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A harrowing journey through disordered sleep
Emmanuel Mignot applauds Henry Nicholls’s personal and scientific account of narcolepsy and beyond.
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