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Subliminal threats
‘An experiment by British researchers has found that even though subliminal messages are shown so briefly that the human eye cannot consciously read them, the brain is particularly good at picking up on the emotional meaning of a word if …
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Cybeetle
The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency unveils its latest tool in the battle against boredom. A cyborg beetle – it looks like a rhinocerous or stag beetle to me, but can anyone else ID it? ‘We demonstrated the remote control …
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Socorro UFO: Another one bites the dust?
Was one of the most celebrated UFO incidents of the 1960s a college prank on a policeman who hounded students from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology? The answer is a conclusive maybe… The April 1964 Socorro New …
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Confessions of a Crap Artist
A welcome return for Ken Hollings’ radio doc about Philip K Dick: Grab the MP3 here Via Speechification
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Are the drones back?
Back in 2007 the online UFO community became transfixed by videos of strange, spindly craft allegedly filmed flying over parts of California. The videos were followed by a document pertaining to a project called CARET, claiming to describe the back-engineering …
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13 more things that don't make sense
From Morgellon’s disease (thought by some to be ET in origin) to the bloop and ‘nocebo‘ effect (i.e. the power of curses), New Scientist rounds up 13 more things that science can’t explain. Yet. (And here are the first thirteen). …
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Monkey Muzak
In research that recalls 1920s experiments with muzak, primate specialists have discovered what sounds make monkeys happy… Metallicaaaa!!!! I think I’d have been pretty irritated myself listening to what the tamarins were presented with. From the Guardian: In the study, 14 …
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Everybody is interested in bumps
A glorious phrenology masterclass by the “the well-known astrologer and psychologist” Miss Gabriel Dee, captured by Pathe in 1932 (and here’s more Mrs Dee, for those of you who can’t get enough!). And, curiously, more phrenology, this time the history …
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Pestival 2009: How Insect Are we?
Pestival is back. And this time it’s… BIG (and Strange Attractor is not directly involved!) Pestival gets off to a flying start with its opening event How Insect Are We?, hosted by ZSL London Zoo, on 3rd September 2009. Four leading …
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Lunar City film (repost)
In honour of mankind’s first moonwalk 40 years ago I’m reposting this wonderful footage. .. This film shows the remains of ancient alien structures on our Moon, filmed by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on mankind’s first visit there in …
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Erik Davis on air: Expanding Mind
Expanding Mind with Erik Davis For those who appreciate ahead of the curve entertainment… This weekly hour-long radio show hosted by award winning author, lecturer and San Francisco native Erik Davis explores the many dimensions of mind and consciousness. From …
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Conan on Mars
It’s Robert E Howard meets Edgar Rice Burroughs. Only on a much smaller scale… Scientists have picked the first crew of Earthlings to fly to another planet. Those chosen for a Mars mission to be launched in October include specimens of …
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