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A claimed 18th-century case of precognition


Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)    No Replies

Chris, 2019-11-16, 05:48 PM

Arthur Crane's "The Kirkland Papers 1753-1869" (1990) tells the story of three generations of the Kirkland family of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire. It begins with Thomas Kirkland (1722-1798), a physician, who was involved in a famous murder case in 1760. Laurence Shirley, Earl Ferrers, shot hi

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Journal of Near-Death Studies now freely available online


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    2 Replies

Chris, 2019-11-15, 01:09 PM

Courtesy of the SPR Facebook page - all articles more than three years old published in the Journal of Near-Death Studies can now be freely downloaded as PDF files. This covers volumes 1-35(3) (1981-Spring 2017):
https://iands.org/research/publications/...udies.html


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Street Light Interference


General paranormal phenomena forum    No Replies

Chris, 2019-11-14, 08:14 AM

Prompted by an editorial in Michigan State University's MSUToday, in which Lisa Mulcrone mentions her strange experiences with street lights, The Anomalist links to a book by Hilary Evans entitled "SLIders: The Enigma of Streetlight Interference (SLI)" (2010) about the phenomenon, described a

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2017: Goal! Bees can learn ball skills from watching each other, study finds


Consciousness science forum    No Replies

Sci, 2019-11-13, 05:42 PM

Goal! Bees can learn ball skills from watching each other, study finds

Nicola Davis


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Bumblebees can learn how to manoeuvre a ball just by watching others ca

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Eva Meijer: 'Of course animals speak. The thing is we don't listen'


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Sci, 2019-11-13, 05:37 PM

Eva Meijer: 'Of course animals speak. The thing is we don't listen'

Patrick Barkham


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Thinking, empathy, expressing emotions, grammar, generalised

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Science as we know it can’t explain consciousness – but a revolution is coming


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    1 Replies

Sci, 2019-11-12, 05:18 PM

Science as we know it can’t explain consciousness – but a revolution is coming

Phillip Goff


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What panpsychism offers us is a simple, elegant way of integrating con

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There’s Growing Evidence That the Universe Is Connected by Giant Structures


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Sci, 2019-11-12, 02:53 AM

There’s Growing Evidence That the Universe Is Connected by Giant Structures

Becky Ferreira


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Scientists are finding that galaxies can move with each other ac

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How Would We Recognise an Alien If We Saw One?


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Sci, 2019-11-11, 04:55 PM

How Would We Recognise an Alien If We Saw One?

Samuel Levin


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What would convince you that aliens existed? The question came up recently at a confe

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A natural biomolecule has been measured acting like a quantum wave for the 1st time


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Sci, 2019-11-11, 02:08 PM

[url=https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614688/a-natural-biomolecule-has-been-measured-acting-in-a-quantum-wave-for-the-first-time/?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=+the_download.unpaid.engagement]A natural biomolecule has been measured acting like a quantum wave for the 1st time

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Ashley Knibb's Paranormal News Weekly Roundup


General parapsychology    9 Replies

Chris, 2019-11-11, 09:38 AM

Courtesy of the SPR Facebook page - sadly David Metcalfe's "Psi in the News" bulletins have stopped again, but Ashley Knibb is starting a "Paranormal News Weekly Roundup," whose first issue is here:
https://ashleyknib

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