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Mind Mysteries, Science and Space

The Human Problem in the Machine

October 6, 2026 — 0 Comments

Slate arrowhead. Approximately 5,000 years old. Reindeer (domesticated reindeer) can be seen on the ice patch in the background. Photo. Åsa Rommetveit Celius, Innlandet County Municipality, Secrets of The Ice.

History and Archaeology

Trove of Stone Age Arrows Found in Norway

October 5, 2026 — 0 Comments

A photography of the Chase Crypt as it sits today on Barbados

History and Archaeology, The Bizarre and Unexplained

The Moving Coffins of Barbados

October 3, 2026 — 0 Comments

An altered copy of Randolph Caldecott's illustration 'Babes in the Woods'.

History and Archaeology

The Green Children of Woolpit

October 2, 2026 — 0 Comments

Heikegani crab showing the face-like pattern on its carapace

History and Archaeology

The Heikegani Crabs and the Problem of Pareidolia

September 30, 2026 — 0 Comments

An aerial photograph of the Arecibo radio telescope of Puerto Rico.

Mind Mysteries, Science and Space

The Problem of Talking to an Alien

September 29, 2026 — 1 Comment

A photograph of a carbonized scroll the the Herculaneum Villa of the Papyri

History and Archaeology

Reading The Herculaneum Scrolls of Antiquity

September 28, 2026 — 0 Comments

An AI generated conceptual image depicting a dark figure standing outside a house with an open window

The Bizarre and Unexplained

The Mad Gasser of Mattoon

September 27, 2026 — 0 Comments

A 1920s illustration of an ancient Greek Bireme that has two decks of oars.

The Problem of Being You

September 26, 2026 — 0 Comments

An image of a countryside roadway

History and Archaeology

When Fiction Becomes Fact: The Strange Case of James Worson

September 25, 2026 — 3 Comments