Workers clearing a roadway after a series of storms unleashed havoc after unwittingly dumping dirt on a special rock that has its own name in Icelandic folklore. By Katie Rogers. (Sept. 27, 2016)

A photographer’s good eye captures an elusive phenomenon. By Erin Blakemore. (Oct. 3, 2016)

An outbreak of chronic hiccups in teens in Danvers, Massachusetts, site of the Salem Witch Trials, spurred a big investigation. Health officials suspected the culprit was a group psychological phenomenon, but kept that out of the final report. By Dan Vergano.

A former teen witch/Riot Grrrl/biochemistry major, Maja D’Aoust now uses her science background to examine the world through her lecture series, tarot readings, and insightful performances as the Oracle. By J. Bennett. (March, 2016)

Sleep paralysis and imagined memories - exploring the edges of human consciousness. By Paul Kerley. (Feb. 29, 2016)

Abortion debates. The right to die. Cloning. The edges of life are also ethical fault lines, where social values clash at tectonic pressures. In a pluralistic society, it’s no surprise that these are also the sites of our most entrenched debates... By Andrew Aghapour.

Louisiana’s Manchac Swamp is haunted by the ghost of Julia Brown, a Voodoo Priestess who cursed her entire village and took them all to the grave with her. By Dana Matthews.

It’s got to be a little disconcerting to find out that despite your best efforts, a solid upbringing, and any evidence to the contrary, the court has legally determined that you are a witch. That’s the sort of thing one hopes to be aware of...

Spirits, Time Slips, and “Super-Psi.” By Eric Wargo.

Modern experts still don't agree on what caused plagues of compulsive dancing in the streets. By Marissa Fessenden. (June 24, 2016)

“The brain is a three dimensional object.” It would seem that this is one of the least controversial facts about the brain, something we can all agree on. But now, in a curious new paper, researchers Arturo Tozzi and James F. Peters suggest that the brain might have an extra dimension… (June 11, 2016 )

It’s not about broomsticks or cats. It’s about power. By Anne Theriault.

Human hair has a remarkable mystique.... By Scott Lowe.

Once, I dreamed I was at a man’s funeral. According to the deceased’s instructions, each of his toes were to be buried in tiny, individual coffins. When I woke up, I wondered, “What could it mean?”… By Jim Davies.

When Nikolai Kardashev looked into the question of where to find advanced extraterrestrial civilizations, he argued that the obvious starting point would be in the vicinity of extreme astrophysics.... By Paul Gilster.

DMT, dimethyltryptamine, the most powerful hallucinogen known to science, is a rocket-ship to the other side of reality — and that other side is incredibly interesting! By Graham Hancock.

Our government's dip into the paranormal is a matter of public record.

A Chinese scientist presents a new theory on the cause of ball lighting and how it can pass through walls, metal and glass. By Paul Seaburn. (June 25, 2016)

In February of 1974, Philip K. Dick had a profound, life-changing vision. Was it a psychotic break or a religious experience?

In our experience the past is the past and the future is the future, but sometimes the two can cross over. By Philip Ball.