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Dame of Doom
The White Lady of the Hohenzollerns. By Aaron Dabbah.
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My Father The Werewolf
When I was a kid, my Dad taught me all about werewolves. Little did I know he was preparing me to understand his depression. By John Brownlee.
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Near Death Experiences Make You a Better Person, Apparently
Not one to try at home. By Laila Tyack.
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The Forgotten Religions That Worshipped Electricity
As electricity revolutionized the Western world, some began to admire it for more than just its scientific prospects. By Addison Nugent.
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How real magic happens when the brain sees hidden things
Seeing things that are hidden; failing to see things in plain sight. How magic exploits the everyday weirdness of perception. By Vebjørn Ekroll.
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At the end of her life, my mother started seeing ghosts, and it freaked me out
It‘s not that uncommon, but it was hard to figure out how to respond. By Steven Petrow.
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The Best Demon Illustrations of All Time
Even today, the 1863 edition of the “Dictionnaire Infernal” is the stuff of nightmares. By Eric Grundhauser.
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The Mysterious Power of Near-Death Experiences
“We are all constantly cheating death” is how I usually translated the Creole phrase that my mother had been casually saying for years. By Edwidge Danticat.
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Every Year, the Sky ‘Rains Fish.’ Explanations Vary
Residents of La Unión, Honduras, say that after a fierce storm, the ground is covered with small fish. “A blessing from God,” one farmer said. By Kirk Semple.
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A Visual Guide to Solar Eclipses Throughout History
Ancient monuments, clay tablets, paintings, and photographs reveal the power that solar eclipses have had on the imaginations of prehistoric and modern civilizations. By Jen Viegas.
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Why People Believe Low-Frequency Sound Is Dangerous
Anxiety over “wind-turbine syndrome” stems from a decades-old misunderstanding of inaudible noise. By Philip Jaekl. (June 19, 2017)
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A Map of the Soul
Neuroscience is confirming what Aquinas recognized long ago: Human beings are not purely material. By Michael Egnor.
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I Found Seven Skeletons in My Dining Room in 1874
“I can’t tell you how irritating it is to be an atheist in a haunted house” – Matthew Tobin Anderson. By Aaron Dabbah.
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Your guide to August’s solar eclipse
Totality, traffic, telescopes: How ready are you for the event of the century? By Paige Blankenbuehler. (July 7, 2017)
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What’s happening in your body during acupuncture?
Thousands of years after acupuncture was invented, controversy remains over whether the Chinese traditional medicine technique works. By Angela Chen.
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When the Beast of Gévaudan Terrorized France
The tale of this monster grew in the telling, but the carnage still left nearly 100 dead
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Beyond the Five Senses
Telepathy, echolocation, and the future of perception. By Matthew Hutson.
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Five True Stories About The Military’s Paranormal Activity Research
The U.S. Army even recruited “psychic soldiers” from within its own ranks. By James Clark.
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The Ecstasy of Error: Green Cards in Magonia
“Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?” — William James. By Aaron Dabbah.
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The Antikythera mechanism is a 2,000-year-old computer
115 years ago, divers found a hunk of bronze off a Greek island. It changed our understanding of human history. By Brian Resnick.
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