ESP

SCIENCE
Ectoplasm -- Ghostbuster To Science At The Fringe
By Dr. Douglas Fields, Contributor
Neurobiologist and author, 'Why We Snap'
EDUCATION
Let's Make 2015 the Year of the Whole Child
By Becky Pringle, Contributor
NEA's vice president and a former middle school science teache...
We need to provide paths for educators to become leaders outside their classrooms in order to make sure schools and communities are meeting the needs of the whole child.
SCIENCE
'Sixth Sense' Put To Test In Provocative New Study
By Macrina Cooper-White
RELIGION
My Occult Boyhood
By Mitch Horowitz, Contributor
Editor-in-chief, Tarcher/Penguin, author of Occult America & O...
For me Halloween has always been more than just a holiday for costumes, parties, and trick-or-treating. It is a time of year that summons up occult interests that grew deep in me in childhood.
NEW YORK
ESP TV -- Transmitting Forward and Backward at the Same Time
By Rachel Mason, Contributor
Rachel Mason, Artist
Bringing back the aesthetic delight of early analog video pioneers, artists like the Vasulkas and Nam Jun Paik come to mind when watching episodes of ESP TV, the project of Victoria Keddie and Scott Kiernan.
SCIENCE
Eyes of the Blind Transmit Messages to the Brain Subconsciously
By Dr. Douglas Fields, Contributor
Neurobiologist and author, 'Why We Snap'
Do you believe that the mind can detect things beyond the conscious realm of sensory perception? Can the blind "see" without vision? A new study provides strong support for these intriguing questions.
SCIENCE
Scientists At Odds Over Strange 'Presentiment' Study
By David Freeman
BOOKS
Not Second Sight, But First Sight
By James Carpenter, Ph.D., Contributor
Clinical psychologist; research parapsychologist; author, F...
My major thesis is that psychic abilities such as ESP -- long considered to occur only in "gifted" individuals or on rare traumatic occasions -- are, in fact, ongoing subconscious processes that continuously influence all of us in making everyday decisions.
COMEDY
Why We Hate Going to the Dennis
By Michael Sigman, Contributor
Writer/Editor; Music Publisher
Researchers say that if your appellation is Dennis, you are more likely to become a dentist than a differently monikered individual. But I'm not so sure about this.
HEALTHY LIVING
ESP: Heresy or Scientific Breakthrough?
By Christine Bronstein, Contributor
Founder, A Band of Women
When a respected psychology professor presents a scientific paper attempting to prove that we somehow know what is going to happen before it does, it releases a hellfire of outrage.
POLITICS
Friday Talking Points [150] -- A Fortean Week
By Chris Weigant, Contributor
Political writer and blogger at ChrisWeigant.com
Sometimes it is hard to come up with a metaphor to describe the week that was. This was not one of those weeks.
TECHNOLOGY
Respected Journal's Article On ESP Expected To Prompt Outrage
RELIGION
If Your Brain Is A Quantum Computer, Can It Connect You To The World?
By Ervin Laszlo, Contributor
Systems philosopher, integral theorist, concert pianist
I'd like you to consider the possibility that nature embodies within herself a kind of Internet, and that through our brain we might be able to communicate with it.
BOOKS
'Second Sight' Will Either Creep You Out -- Or Convince You That You Too Are An Intuitive
By Jesse Kornbluth, Contributor
Editor of HeadButler.com
Judith Orloff is a talented writer, and her book moves like a thriller. So when she comes to make the case that we are both matter and spirit, she's very convincing.
ENTERTAINMENT
Toronto Film Fest Day 1: Peasants, Cats, Goats, Nymphs and War
By Michael Giltz, Contributor
Freelance writer
While Cannes is still the Wimbledon of festivals, Toronto is the other one that matters most. Come here to catch the hottest films from Cannes, fall releases looking to tout themselves, and Oscar hopefuls.
HEALTHY LIVING
Is There Such a Thing as a Psychic?
By Irene Rubaum-Keller, Contributor
Author of the books Teen Chat and Foodaholic, licensed psychot...
Do some people have more psychic ability than others, or do we all have it and just either ignore it, or refuse to believe and develop it?
ENTERTAINMENT
Happy 30th Birthday, Battlestar Galactica!
By Mike Ragogna, Contributor
Trafficbeat Entertainment, Music Biz Vet
Thirty years ago, ABC-TV delighted and outraged sci-fi fans with its new series, Battlestar Galactica, a lovable beneficiary of Star Wars' success. Happy Birthday, BG!