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5 Things that are not paranormal
What's more exciting than the idea of possessing paranormal abilities, or experiencing something so unusual it seems it must be supernatural in nature? Alas, there are a few common things that, although curious, in all likelihood, have a mundane explanation. Below are five common dynamics that are often taken as paranormal...
Antimatter lightning discovered (on Earth!)
Antimatter lightning!
We're going to do our best, but nothing we could possibly write will be as awesome as the fact that's real and on Earth. In fact, nothing you ever read for the rest of your life will be as awesome as that, and it's only the way human memory degrades with time that'll let you ever get excited about anything ever again...
New mysteries of the Shroud unveiled
A new video documentary about the Shroud of Turin makes a startling new claim about what some believe to be the burial cloth of Jesus - the body was weightless or levitating when it left the remarkable image. In the DVD video "The Fabric of Time," scientific experts using the latest technology are able to produce a three-dimensional holographic image from photographs of the shroud. What they reveal is nothing short of spectacular...
Paranormal monsters of Texas
Although many mainstream cryptozoologists (those dedicated souls who pursue Bigfoot, Nessie and the many and varied other beasts that are said to haunt our planet) are reluctant to admit it, the fact is that there are a considerable number of reports on record in which the critters in question seem to be far more (or, paradoxically, much less) than mere flesh-and-blood animals of unknown origin...
Hollywood: the paranormal fear factory
Paranormal fear is what makes Hollywood go around this November, it seems. Starting off with "The Fourth Kind" and finishing with "Paranormal Activity", November 2009 also just happens to see one of the biggest movie releases ever: "2012". The common denominator? All of these films use topics that could be described as paranormal, esoteric or new age and twist them into a fearful plot. "Fear the weird" seems to be the topic not just of this Halloween, but the month of November...
Group gives ghost hunting crash course at Rock Ford
The kitchen at Rock Ford Plantation was filled Sunday afternoon with people chatting, sipping cider and munching on ginger snaps. But on a night in July, someone in the kitchen apparently wanted Bridget Gallagher dead. Gallagher, co-founder of The East Coast Anomaly Investigators, was posing questions in the kitchen that night, hoping to evoke reactions from the ghosts reputed to haunt the historic mansion. Although nothing unusual occurred at the time, a playback of a digital recording reveals a voice hissing "kill her" in the background...
Dreams may have an important physiological function
Dreams have long been assumed to have psychological functions such as consolidating emotional memories and processing experiences or problems, but according to a Harvard psychiatrist and sleep researcher the real function may actually be physiological...