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A New Cosmic Tension: The Universe Might Be Too Thin


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    3 Replies

Sci, 2020-09-15, 01:34 AM

A New Cosmic Tension: The Universe Might Be Too Thin

Charlie Wood


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For a few years now, cosmologists have been troubled by a discrepancy in how fast the universe is expanding. They

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Souls & Spirit-deities in Anglo-Saxon England


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Sci, 2020-09-15, 12:10 AM

Souls, Spirits, Deities

Bob Trubshaw


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Suffice to say for the moment that an understanding of the ideas I am[size=medium][font="sans-serif"] presenting here requires stepping back

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MIT Scientists Find Possible Signs Of Life On Venus


UFO/UAP forum    2 Replies

Sci, 2020-09-14, 07:07 PM

A Possible Sign Of Life Right Next Door To Earth, On Venus

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

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Scientists say they've detected a gas in the clouds of Venus that, on Earth, is produced by microb

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Animals and their relation to the Spiritual Realm


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    2 Replies

Sci, 2020-09-14, 06:15 PM

Figured it was a topic of interest, so wanted to make a thread for it. Going to look at some varied cases and metaphysical ideas relating to the question of whether animals have continuity in the form of personal survival or perhaps some other mind/body relation.

Going to reference [url=https://p

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How to Build & Tend an Ancestor Shrine


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    3 Replies

Sci, 2020-09-14, 12:42 AM

How to Build & Tend an Ancestor Shrine

Chiron Armand


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Many consider one’s Ancestors and personal spirit guides to be their primary source for gaining wisdom and clarity, as well as their firs

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Native North American Children Who Recall Previous Lives


Reincarnation forum    6 Replies

Sci, 2020-09-13, 02:51 AM

Native North American Children Who Recall Previous Lives

James G Matlock


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Amerindian ideas differ in important respects

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Pigeons are smart enough to perceive abstract concepts like time and space


Consciousness science forum    6 Replies

Sci, 2020-09-13, 01:19 AM

Pigeons are smart enough to perceive abstract concepts like time and space

Ephrat Livni


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Research on rhesus monkeys shows they respond like humans to such tests, suggesting t

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Is Skeptiko forum website suspended?!!


Feedback and announcements    12 Replies

Vortex, 2020-09-11, 02:11 PM

Today I tried to reach the Skeptiko forum... and what I saw was that:

http://www.skeptiko-forum.com/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi

Am I the only one who arrive at the suspension message if trying to enter the Skeptiko forum? Or are

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In the Animal Kingdom, the Astonishing Power of the Number Instinct


Consciousness science forum    60 Replies

Sci, 2020-09-11, 05:50 AM

In the Animal Kingdom, the Astonishing Power of the Number Instinct

Andreas Nieder


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A host of studies examining animals in their ecological environments suggest that th

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The Reality of Spirits (Paranthropology)


Ghost, poltergeist, and spirit forum    29 Replies

Sci, 2020-09-10, 07:27 PM

The Reality of Spirits

Edith Turner, first published in Vol. 10, No. 1 (Spring-Summer) 1997

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Edith Turner, a Field Associate of the Foundation, is a distinguished anthropologist who teaches at the University of Virginia. She

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