Category: Ghosts & Paranormal
Telekinesis Lab at Princeton Closes
In 1979, Professor Robert Jahn, dean of Princeton’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, opened the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) lab. Since then, he along with partner, Brenda Dunne, have run millions of trials on humans’ ability to alter a pattern of random events generated by a machine. The lab closed this month.
View PostDeja Vu Recreated in the Lab
Up to 97% of people claim to have experienced deja vu – that you’ve seen or experienced something before but you can’t place where or when. Now, a team of researchers at the University of Leeds, UK, lead by Akira O’Connor have replicated the phenomenon in the lab.
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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
In Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Mary Roach gave a humorous summary of what happens to our bodies when we die. Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife looks beyond the physical for proof that a part of us survives death.
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The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult – A Review of the Show
From September 27, 2005-December 31, 2005, the show “The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult,” was on display at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. While it would appear at first blush to be nothing more than a historical novelty, it is much more.
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The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult
After attending the exhibition, “The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult,” at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in November 2005, I realized I could never satisfy my curiosity for this work in a packed gallery. This was an entire subculture I knew nothing about! Luckily, the book was available.
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