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Merging Two Souls: Cellular Memory and Organ Transplants
Some organ transplant recipients report strange changes in personality, preferences, and even memories after surgery. Could transplanted organs somehow carry traces of the donor—or is there a more…
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Artificial Intelligence: The Worms are Rising Up!
Our pursuit of AI (Artificial Intelligence) has recently taken a giant leap forward, with the help of a tiny little worm. You may have seen headlines in the…
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Siberia’s Whale Bone Alley: Stonehenge’s Eerie Russian Cousin
So, imagine this, if you will… You’re a deck hand on a North Atlantic fishing boat. You’ve been at sea for a couple months, you’re tired, you’re cold,…
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The Incredible Hermit Caves of Romania
If there is a quintessential European nation, country or group of people who personify the rest of the world’s idea of what it means to be European, Romania…
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Eaten Alive! …By Sand?
Some time ago, I brought you the story of The Bennington Triangle and the Man-Eating Stone of Glastonbury Mountain. Even by the title alone, you can probably tell…
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The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe
There has long been thought a link, at least in popular culture, and now it seems in certain clinical circles, between creativity and mental illness. It’s a spurious…
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Why Isn’t Earth Overrun With Giant Monsters?
What’s your favourite movie monster? There’s lots to choose from, obviously. There’s your more traditional monsters coming out of our literary history, like vampires and werewolves. There’s golems…
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New DNA Evidence Confirms Pre-Colonial Contact Between Easter Island and South America
Are you the adventurous type? Do you consider backpacking up the side of a mountain to be a fun pastime? How about kayaking along a raging river with…
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AWARE Study Results Finally Published: Does Not Prove Life After Death
OK, here it comes. A rant some of you may have been expecting. Any of my regular readers are well aware of my interest in the mind-body question. …
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Antarctic Ice Loss Has Caused Gravitational Fluctuations
You may have seen headlines over the last few days from scientific media outlets espousing the conclusions of a recent study on ice loss in Antarctica. The accompanying…