There’s no need for illicit substances when considering Sharon Hewitt-Rawlette’s argument for the basis of reality. Eschewing five-dimensional Lemurian crystals, Ms Hewitt-Rawlette applies established science to lend doubt to the world and lives around us. Should your conception of reality find itself upon a shaky foundation, here comes the Big One as Lee Smolin announces, […]
Everyone knows about the long-standing controversy over killing bigfoot, but Guy Harrison considers a parallel argument. The aliens could be greys, or they could be akin to a violet slime mold huddled around one of Iapetus’s vents, and they’re both alive. Is it moral to kill, even in the name of science and discovery? Some […]
Folks dismiss telepathy as woo-woo, but there’s an empirical basis writes Maureen Seaberg. It all boils down to mirror touch neurons, brain scanning monkeys, and a bunch of plucky STEM students from Staten Island who aren’t afraid of asking tough questions avoided by tenured professionals. If you don’t have access to high tech equipment found […]
Ouija is the idiomotor phenomenon, no matter how many people squeal about demons and strange things happening around them. But how? Welp, get your grayface on and hear about Matthew Tompkins and Benjamin Gilbert as they discuss the methodologies and observations calling shenanigans on the longest-running con since the crucifixion of Jesus. Speaking of Jesus, […]
It’s a noisy world we live in, made worse by concentrated urban centers and the military testing God-knows-what kind of weapons. (And don’t get us started on The Aliens.) And still The Hum can be heard above all else, like the strange love child of noise pollution and earth tectonics. We have to wonder how […]
P-hacking is a huge issue, but it can be a dreadfully boring topic. Be grateful as Christopher Bergland makes the topic accessible while arguing for the insignificance of the cliché “statistically significant” when scientists can prove anything to be factual by jiggering the numbers. Statistics remains an important tool for any scientist, but Christopher and […]
Quantum physics is all around us, yet puny hu-mans can not directly observe their unknowable actions. Or can they? With the help of observational meditation, and plumbing our own depths, Maureen Seaberg notes the uncertain becomes a little less uncertain. Clever chimps with smartphones have some competition waiting in the wings, as Phil Dooley reports […]
Cornell University Dean and Professor Glenn Altschuler offers an academic review of University of North Carolina’s Diana Walsh Pasulka’s new book American Cosmic, published by Oxford University Press. It’s a predictably skeptical appreciation, but gives a sense of the book’s content and Pasulka’s varied perspectives. The sad but amazing subject of the important book When […]
If you don’t have a copy of Magic in the Modern World on your bookshelf yet, Eric Haseltine has a little something to tide you over concerning the growing acceptance of the supernatural in mainstream scientific circles. Skeptical? Look at the growing fields of epigenetics, psychology, and medicine for the statistics and evidence supporting what […]
Who would have thought a psych article could change the way you perceive events throughout your day? This piece does just that, explaining in detail the origins and meanings of words we typically use to describe the weirdness in our lives. Be warned: You can’t unlearn this stuff. (And language is cool.) Next, we examine […]