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*A review of [http://pelicanist.blogspot.com/2020/01/swimming-against-currents.html "Secret Body: Erotic and Esoteric Currents in the History of Religions"] by Jeffrey J. Kripal (2017), has appeared at Magonia Review ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-text-resources-thread?pid=33222#pid33222 Discuss]) | *A review of [http://pelicanist.blogspot.com/2020/01/swimming-against-currents.html "Secret Body: Erotic and Esoteric Currents in the History of Religions"] by Jeffrey J. Kripal (2017), has appeared at Magonia Review ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-psi-text-resources-thread?pid=33222#pid33222 Discuss]) | ||
*A review of "Britain’s Paranormal Forests: Encounters in the Woods" by Peter A. McCue (2019), has appeared on the Society for Psychical Research's website ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-ufos-and-related-text-resources-thread?pid=33235#pid33235 Discuss]) | |||
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*An article by Shelly Fan entitled [https://singularityhub.com/2020/01/14/scientists-discovered-mini-computers-in-human-neurons-and-thats-great-news-for-ai/ "Scientists Discovered ‘Mini-Computers’ in Human Neurons—and That’s Great News for AI"] has been published at SingularityHub ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-new-finding-about-how-human-neurons-work?pid=33210#pid33210 Discuss]) | *An article by Shelly Fan entitled [https://singularityhub.com/2020/01/14/scientists-discovered-mini-computers-in-human-neurons-and-thats-great-news-for-ai/ "Scientists Discovered ‘Mini-Computers’ in Human Neurons—and That’s Great News for AI"] has been published at SingularityHub ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-new-finding-about-how-human-neurons-work?pid=33210#pid33210 Discuss]) | ||
*An article by Scarlett Howard entitled [https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-scarlett-howard-learns-from-the-bees-she-teaches-20200122/ "Secrets of Math From the Bee Whisperer"] has appeared at Quanta Magazine ([https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-secrets-of-math-from-the-bee-whisperer?pid=33233#pid33233 Discuss]) | |||
Revision as of 18:13, 23 January 2020
This is a listing, in progress, of news items about parapsychology, psi, the paranormal and related subjects, posted to the Psience Quest Forums. We hope that news about parapsychology is adequately covered here, but news about other topics will represent only a selection.
Extended consciousness phenomena
Books and book reviews
- A review of "Secret Body: Erotic and Esoteric Currents in the History of Religions" by Jeffrey J. Kripal (2017), has appeared at Magonia Review (Discuss)
- A review of "Britain’s Paranormal Forests: Encounters in the Woods" by Peter A. McCue (2019), has appeared on the Society for Psychical Research's website (Discuss)
Psi Encyclopedia
New entries in the Society for Psychical Research's Psi Encyclopedia
- Bryan Williams (Discuss)
- Serena Roney-Dougal (Discuss)
- Christine Simmonds-Moore (Discuss)
- Diane Hennacy Powell (Discuss)
Videos
- A film about a Russian Near-Death Experience in the 1990s (in Russian) has appeared on YouTube (Discuss)
Philosophy of mind; consciousness science
Interviews
An interview of Matt Segall by Tim Freke entitled "What is Life? #16" has appeared on YouTube (Discuss)
Articles and blog posts
- An article by Zaria Gorvett entitled "The medications that change who we are" has appeared on the BBC website (Discuss)
- An article by Jonathan D. Grinstein entitled "Mindfulness meditation mends mild cognitive impairment" was published in November 2019 at Science 101 (Discuss)
- An article by Shelly Fan entitled "Scientists Discovered ‘Mini-Computers’ in Human Neurons—and That’s Great News for AI" has been published at SingularityHub (Discuss)
- An article by Scarlett Howard entitled "Secrets of Math From the Bee Whisperer" has appeared at Quanta Magazine (Discuss)