Otherworldly Phenomena: Explainable? You Decide
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The world is a better place because of âUFO Hunters,â a new series on Wednesday nights on the History Channel.
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What exactly was that mysterious beacon that guided the Magi across the desert? Theories range from the miraculous to the mundane, from angel to UFO.
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Experts in a field can benefit from an outsiderâs perspective.
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New research has opened a promising window on the phenomenon of dÃ©jÃ  vu, providing both possible explanations for the sensation and novel ways to create and measure it.
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Many people have experienced the phenomenon of receiving a telephone call from someone shortly after thinking about them -- now a scientist says he has proof of what he calls telephone telepathy.
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They're not obvious, and they're not always cheap.
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What does it all mean, anyway? Some analytics to lay over the Globes.
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In response to a previous article from the Symfony blog, Paul Jones has pulled together some thoughts to some of the comments they made.   As the author of a relatively popular benchmarking article, I feel compelled to respond to this bit of misguided analysis from the Symfony camp about benchmarks.   Paul talks about the "straw-man arguments" presented in the Symfony article, including some references to Paul's previous benchmarks. He's even broken it down into a point-by-point response to make each point clear.
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If you had to ask what "Qualia" is, you probably weren't supposed to know about it.
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Atheist, objectivist and other freaky versions of the jolly old elf take a bite out of the traditional model. Commentary by Lore Sj&#246;berg.
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Why do we gossip? Evolution may hold some surprising answers.
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Dotted around the globe are shadowy, short-range transmitters beaming strange radio messages across the planet. The messages are indecipherable, and often unlistenable. Nonetheless, they have their fans. By Jason Walsh.
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Nikola Tesla offers his explanation of the phenomenon known as ball lightning. More than a century later, we're still not sure it's real. Compiled by Tony Long.
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When civilization falls, does it make a sound? Two books about the end of worlds--and what follows
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Liberal bias versus right-wing conspiracy is a wonderful distraction. There is evidence enough on both sides. How can opposite claims be true? Confront a physicist with evidence supporting contradictory hypotheses and she will go looking for a more basic cause. Let's try that.
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Recently two books,          by Peter Woit         and         by Lee Smolin,          have been published questioning whether the enormous theoretical        effort applied to the problems of string theory has been        fruitful.  Both books have been reviewed in           several        popular        publications,          and generated substantial discussion both inside and outside of        the physics community.                        One response was published several days ago           by Briane Greene          on the Op-Ed page of the New York Times (also        here).  A          famously grouchy observer          called the editorial a long, wistful plea for patience.  But        what struck me most as I read it was its similarity to the           crackpot index          maintained by John Baez.  So, for fun, I scored it.
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Sometimes, the two concepts can blur.