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Talking to ourselves: the science of the little voice in your head
If we want to understand what’s happening in the brain when people ‘hear voices’, we first need to understand what happens during ordinary inner speech. By Peter Moseley.
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Why the dying see their deceased relatives before they go – and what my dying mom told me she saw
My quest to understand what the dying see began when I found out that my mom only had a few months (if that) to live. I wanted to be familiar with the stages she would go through and how I could best be there for her... By Jen Engevik.
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Marketing the Monster: Coffee and Commodified Time
I’m not a vacation kind of guy. Oh, sure I’m a consummate relaxer, but a comfy couch, good book, and some video games with my seven year old son beats a long plane flight, rental car, hotel room, and tourist traps on any day. Don’t get me wrong, I tend to enjoy travelling once I’ve arrived...
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The Real Gremlins of WWII
When most people hear the word “gremlins,” the first image that may pop into their heads is that of the strange reptilian creatures from the 1984 Joe Dante film of the same name, where the titular little monsters run amok and cause chaos within a small town. However, what some people may not realize is that these were actually based upon allegedly real entities which, during the Second World War and even before... By Brent Swancer.
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My Ontology is Bigger than Yours: Pseudocriticism of Pseudosciences
“Deluded or not, supporters of superstition and pseudoscience are human beings with real feelings, who, like the skeptics, are trying to figure out how the world works and what our role in it might be. Their motives are in many cases consonant with science. If their culture has not given them all the tools they need to pursue this great quest, let us temper our criticism with kindness. None of us comes fully equipped.” ― Carl Sagan
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Meaning and Pseudoscience
The persistence and proliferation of pseudoscientific thinking in contemporary culture demands explanation. By Sebastian Normandin.
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Black Bags, Blood, and Pungent Paste: South African Soccer’s Muti Rituals
South African soccer has a long tradition of players using traditional medicine and black magic to gain a psychological edge. By Nick Kariuki.
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The Hollow Earth Is Filled With Giants, Germans, and A Little Sun
“Even today, there is a small cadre of Hollow Earth believers who are fighting valiantly to validate their ideas through books, websites, meetings and some extremely ambitious travel plans...” By Eric Grundhauser.
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Zombie Physics: 6 Baffling Results That Just Won’t Die
To celebrate Halloween, Nature brings you the undead results that physicists can neither prove—nor lay to rest.
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The case for magic
There simply are some unseen elements in life that defy scientific cause and effect. By Ross Kenneth Urken.
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Radio Ghosts Have Haunted the Airwaves for Nearly a Century
No one knows who or what is responsible for long-delayed echoes in radio transmissions. By Daniel Oberhaus.
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Oliver Sacks on the Kind of Hallucination He Would Liked to Have Had
The late neuroscientist spoke to Motherboard in 2012. By Alex Pasternack.
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Does Schizophrenia Exist on an Autism-like Spectrum?
New research suggests hallucinations can occur in relatively healthy people. By Simon Makin.
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Tourist captures spectacular ‘fire rainbow cloud’ phenomenon on camera
There’s a perfectly reasonable explanation for the stunning sky display. By Mark Molloy.
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Black Magic, Nazi Scientists and Nuclear Panic: How We Got to Outer Space
On humanity's often fanatical, obsessive, and fearful road to the cosmos over the course of the 20th century. By John Higgs.
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The Island of Knowledge
How to Live with Mystery in a Culture Obsessed with Certainty and Definitive Answers. By Maria Popova.
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12 legends that prove the whole world is obsessed with dragons
Some breathe fire. Others live in water. But there's one thing all dragons have in common: they’re totally badass. By Jessica Phelan. (2014)
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The Curse of the Charles Haskell: Strange Attractors, Creep Factors, and the Advantages of Asymmetry
“Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats” – Voltaire.
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‘Mysterious light in sky’ spooks California
A mysterious bright light in the sky over Los Angeles sends Californians into panic - only for it to be explained as an offshore missile test.
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A Field Guide to Psychedelics
The unusual couple behind an online encyclopedia of psychoactive substances. By Emily Witt.
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