Media reports from the scientific and natural world, not specifically about dowsing.
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Thank you, Grahame. Have done the Paypal thing: Tesco style I'm afraid. Every little helps.......
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Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:29 pm
University of Munich Dowsing Studies (Prof Hans Dieter Betz)
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Ian Pegler »
Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:03 am
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It has come to my attention that the old link to this important JSE paper has changed, so I am posting the new links here.
Part One:
Part Two:...
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More references on the Munich experiments and other tests:
Critical analysis of the Betz tests conducted by Jim T Enright.
Betz' rebuttal to...
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Mon Apr 10, 2023 4:04 pm
Stellarium
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Ian Pegler »
Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:03 pm
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This is the new thread about Stellarium, a free piece of astronomy software which gives you a photo-realistic view of the night sky for any period in...
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There is a new 3D landscape of Calanais stones for Stellarium 1.2 and above, it's the first public 3D dataset for Stellarium, produced by...
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Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:35 pm
Dean Radin Water Intention Experiment
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Grahame »
Tue Dec 07, 2021 9:23 pm
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Dean Radin has published a paper about the effect of intention-enhanced water on the growth of human stem cells. The water was blessed by a trio of...
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The power of the human mind is very underrated, given the idea you can improve the cells growth with just thought alone is no surprise to me at all,...
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Mon Dec 20, 2021 7:07 pm
Proof of emotional trauma causing physical changes at a location
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Maggie »
Thu Dec 12, 2019 1:27 pm
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Those of us who have done space clearing professionally have been exposed to locations that sometimes dowse as harboring old energies relating to...
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The despair and misery of the leper site at Molokai remains even today, I am working to lift this bad influence and memory from the island, its...
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Sat Jul 17, 2021 11:12 am
Callanish builders inspired by lightning strikes
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Grahame »
Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:58 am
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Here's an interesting report in The Observer, saying that researchers have found evidence of several lighting strikes around one of the stones in the...
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Dowsed Callanish some time ago and the historic lightning strikes dont relate to the stone circles in my opinion, on the other hand the circles match...
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Fri Jun 25, 2021 7:21 pm
Beagle 2 spotted by satellite?
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Ian Pegler »
Fri Dec 23, 2005 5:19 pm
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Prof Colin Pillinger was on the BBC recently.
He claims that new images from the Mars Global Surveyor satellite may show the location of the missing...
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Interesting the Perseverance Rover is dropping sand over its solar panels to remove dirt, which increases its power levels, the same as I asked...
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Sun Jun 20, 2021 10:52 am
Can dogs really tell the time?
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Ian Pegler »
Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:24 am
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from the BBC...
Can dogs really tell the time?
Can dogs tell the time? The question is familiar to many dog owners whose pets seem to be able to...
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Any dog knows when its dinner time, they will wake up and sit waiting for their bowl to be filled with good things. And often when the daughter...
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Sat Mar 06, 2021 9:08 am
Vikings 'used crystals' to navigate
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Ian Pegler »
Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:40 pm
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According to this BBC report, vikings may have used sun-stone crystals to navigate in poor weather.
CLICK HERE to read the report.
Ian.
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This is such an interesting thread! We know so little of ancient technologies and skills and their applications, especially if no written record was...
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Sat Nov 30, 2019 2:27 pm
The Cochno stone
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Ian Pegler »
Mon Jul 21, 2014 7:28 am
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from Mysterious Universe...
Mysterious Rock Carvings From the Past Are Unearthed… Again
... not all of the discoveries taking place in 1887,...
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A new website has been set up for the 'Friends of the Cochno Stone':
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Thu Dec 13, 2018 4:54 pm
Vincent Reddish book
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Ian Pegler »
Thu Sep 30, 2004 2:42 pm
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I've managed to obtain a copy of the book The D-force ~ a remarkable phenomenon by Vincent Reddish. This book was one of the references cited in the...
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Prof. Reddish passed away in January 2015. Thanks to Ian Pegler, who managed to find this obituary in The Scotsman.
His investigations into the...
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Mon Feb 15, 2016 12:24 pm
Birds 'heard tornadoes coming'
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simonwheeler »
Fri Dec 19, 2014 4:14 pm
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Birds 'heard tornadoes coming' and fled one day ahead
Reported on the BBC website
US scientists say tracking data shows that five golden-winged...
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Elephants on the Islands around the Indian Ocean all run inland just before the Tsunami struck, its on record a few years ago,saving many local...
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Fri Nov 27, 2015 9:11 pm
Rupert Sheldrake experiments
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Grahame »
Tue Aug 04, 2015 11:18 am
Rupert Sheldrake has some new telephone-based experiments on his website.
The first one (available in UK, USA and Canada) requires two people, and...
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Tue Aug 04, 2015 11:18 am
Skeptiko: Rupert Sheldrake Censored
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Ian Pegler »
Tue Apr 02, 2013 6:25 pm
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from Skeptiko...
Rupert Sheldrake Censored by TED Conference’s Anonymous Scientific Board
Interview with Dr. Rupert Sheldrake about censorship...
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(mod - moved to correct topic - G)
Hi Grahame,
Thanks for recommending that video. Great stuff ! I dowsed many years ago that the mind was not...
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Sun Dec 07, 2014 11:49 am
Consciousness can change the physical world
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Grahame »
Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:09 am
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This is an interesting article listing studies demonstrating the effect that conscious intent can have on the physical world, with references.
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And of course the illnesses or diseases that we 'fall prey to' are actually brought on by our own thought processes - they do not 'attack' us, we...
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Wed Oct 22, 2014 1:34 am
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Sun Jul 27, 2014 6:40 am
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Sat Jul 26, 2014 8:25 pm
Dean Radin's synchronicity experience
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Grahame »
Sun Jul 06, 2014 9:31 am
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This is a most extraordinary account of synchronicity that happened to Dean Radin - it's a jaw-dropping 'wow!' moment and well worth a look. It...
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Wow that is really inspiring & gives lots of food for thought.
I've had many synchronicity experiences but none as mind blowing as that.
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Mon Jul 07, 2014 11:56 am
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Thu Jul 03, 2014 6:07 pm
How We’re Killing the Bees
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Ian Pegler »
Wed May 21, 2014 6:20 am
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from Mysterious Universe...
How We’re Killing the Bees
Scientists have solved the mystery of what’s suppressing the world bee population, and...
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Story from the BBC website
The White House has set up a taskforce to tackle the decline of honey bees.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
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Sat Jun 21, 2014 4:01 pm
Charles Darwin’s Plagiarism
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Ian Pegler »
Wed Jun 18, 2014 6:42 am
latest Skeptiko podcast...
Roy Davies Exposes Charles Darwin’s Plagiarism
Interview with journalist and author, Roy Davies reveals how Charles...
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Wed Jun 18, 2014 6:42 am
Scientists Discover the Glistening Cosmic Web
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Ian Pegler »
Tue May 13, 2014 7:43 pm
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from Mysterious Universe...
Scientists Discover the Glistening Cosmic Web
Last week, scientists at Caltech announced that they’d found direct...
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Gosh, I discovered the cosmic web years ago! It's everywhere.
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Tue May 13, 2014 8:56 pm
Static electricity and dowsing
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Ian Pegler »
Sun Apr 13, 2014 8:34 am
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Does static electricity explain dowsing?
Related paper HERE .
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Thanks for posting those, Ian, most enlightening.
Now no-one can say there's no scientific explanation for it!
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Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:47 am
Don't destroy research
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simonwheeler »
Thu May 03, 2012 2:50 pm
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An interesting site: called Sense about Science (link broken)
“On 27th May 2012 protesters are planning to destroy our Chemical Ecology...
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The wise men of the yeast ?
Scientists hail synthetic chromosome advance
Scientists have created the first synthetic chromosome for yeast in a...
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Fri Mar 28, 2014 7:37 am
Physicist rejoices as he learns his Big Bang theory correct
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Ian Pegler »
Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:26 am
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from Sploid...
Physicist rejoices as he learns his Big Bang theory is correct
Today is a great day for science, humanity and Andrei Dmitriyevich...
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Prof Neil Turok still sceptical about latest discoveries...
from the BBC...
Stephen Hawking 'wins inflation debate'
CLICK HERE for audio...
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Wed Mar 19, 2014 9:51 am
New clue to 'Earth Lights'
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Grahame »
Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:43 pm
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From the BBC:
Mysterious lightning flashes that appear to predict earthquakes could be sparked by movements in the ground below, US scientists...
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Right, I'm off to see if I can dowse fault lines in a tub of flour... :lol: :lol:
Potential for experiments with mustard seeds, a la Havelock...
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Fri Mar 07, 2014 2:06 pm
Mind Over Matter - Kit Pedler
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Ian Pegler »
Thu Apr 28, 2011 3:09 pm
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I just came across an episode of this old TV series made for LWT in the 1980's (found on Dean Radin's Blog)
Mind Over Matter
They don't make...
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So he also had a fetish for washing machine parts?
;-)
on another note, at what point did they kill off the Daleks? I don't remember this... I...
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Thu Mar 06, 2014 7:48 am
Scientists say Turin Shroud is supernatural
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Ian Pegler »
Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:06 pm
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from the Independent...
Scientists say Turin Shroud is supernatural
Italian government scientists have claimed to have discovered evidence that a...
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from the Telegraph...
Turin Shroud may have been created by earthquake from time of Jesus
An earthquake in Jerusalem in AD 33 may have caused an...
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Thu Feb 13, 2014 8:05 am
Why the universe could be a hologram
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Ian Pegler »
Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:38 am
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from the Telegraph...
Why the universe could be a hologram according to new research
Our universe could well be a hologram according to new...
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Michael Talbot explains the holographic universe theory (and talks about Bohm)
Ian
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Thu Dec 19, 2013 8:58 pm
Open letter to Richard Dawkins
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Grahame »
Sun Mar 09, 2008 4:20 pm
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Our favourite UK sceptic, Richard Dawkins has been attracting some attention from the blogosphere .
I particularly liked this quote:
Einstein would...
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Professor Richard Dawkins sparked a Twitter backlash by claiming Muslims have been awarded fewer Nobel Prizes than Trinity College, Cambridge,...
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Sat Aug 10, 2013 9:19 am
BBC takes over Focus magazine
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Ian Pegler »
Sat May 14, 2005 9:15 pm
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(ED - several threads relating to Focus magazine merged - GG - 1/12/17)
Some of you may may have read the threads on Vincent Reddish and John...
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Just came across the following from the Focus magazine website:
Is there any scientific evidence for dowsing?
Ian
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Sun Aug 04, 2013 8:31 am
Dean Radin new book - Supernormal
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Ian Pegler »
Wed Jul 03, 2013 7:07 am
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Dean Radin's new book is already a #1 Best Seller on Kindle and it's not even published yet...!
The following comes from Dean's web-page ......
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Dean Radin on Skeptiko podcast, with Alex Tsakiris...
216. Dr. Dean Radin Urges Science to Examine the Supernormal
Interview examines the...
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Tue Jul 23, 2013 6:58 pm
Victor Zammit on Skeptiko
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Ian Pegler »
Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:03 am
The latest Skeptiko podcast, Alex Tsakiris interviews Victor Zammit...
215. Victor Zammit Grills Skeptics with Lawyer’s Evidence for Near Death...
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Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:03 am
Spontaneous human combustion
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Helen-Healing »
Fri Jun 21, 2013 12:28 pm
Breakthrough on human combustion theory?
The body creates acetone, which is highly flammable.
He added: “A range of conditions can produce...
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Fri Jun 21, 2013 12:28 pm
"I saw a UFO" - says Mick Jagger
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Ian Pegler »
Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:49 am
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According to this article, the Rock 'n' Roll legend Mick Jagger claimed to have seen a UFO in the 1960's.
CLICK HERE to read the article.
Ian
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I watched a TV programme last night about the people (hundreds of them!) in this country who are absolutely convinced they have been abducted by...
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Fri Jun 21, 2013 12:10 pm
Under a Celtic sky
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Ian Pegler »
Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:59 pm
An essay from a Senior Lecturer at Wales's University of Glamorgan's Center for Astronomy & Science:
These Celtic tales and their affiliation with...
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Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:59 pm
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Fri Mar 15, 2013 12:07 pm
27 Science Fictions That Became Science Facts In 2012
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simonwheeler »
Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:56 am
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We may never have our flying cars, but the future is here. From creating fully functioning artificial leaves to hacking the human brain, science made...
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When fast-aging elderly mice with a usual lifespan of 21 days were injected with stem cells from younger mice at the Institute for Regenerative...
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Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:31 pm
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Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:36 am
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Sat Dec 29, 2012 7:56 pm
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Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:13 am
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Thu Nov 29, 2012 9:22 am
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Fri Oct 12, 2012 12:03 pm
Skeptiko - Synchronicity
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Ian Pegler »
Wed Oct 10, 2012 8:07 am
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from Alex Tsakiris' Skeptiko podcast...
188. Dr. Kirby Surprise, Synchronicity is Real
Interviews with psychologist and author and Dr. Kirby...
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From the book
People see in the mirror of events around them the image of their own inner life. They see what they think, feel and believe. They...
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Wed Oct 10, 2012 1:41 pm
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Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:29 am
Nikola Tesla: The patron saint of geeks?
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simonwheeler »
Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:58 am
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A somewhat unkind headline (?) from the BBC website article
Born in what is now Croatia to Serbian parents, he moved to New York in 1884 and...
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The inventor cured Mark Twain of his constipation with an electrical charge!!)
That'll be $50 Mr Twain and , no , you can't keep the light socket....
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Last post by Lyndon Ronstadt
Thu Oct 04, 2012 7:42 pm
A New Way to Visualize Warped Space and Time
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Grahame »
Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:54 am
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A New Way to Visualize Warped Space and Time
Trying to understand the warping of space and time is something like visualizing a scene from Alice in...
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Ripping a hole in space and time
A report on the BBC Scotland news website
In an unassuming laboratory at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh,...
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Thu Oct 04, 2012 8:42 am
Rupert Sheldrake - The Science Delusion
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Ian Pegler »
Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:55 am
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As previously mentioned in The Buzz (D.T. July 2011) Rupert Sheldrake has a new book coming out and finally it's here...almost !
The Science...
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YouTube videos:
Science Set Free
Rupert Sheldrake - The Science Delusion - Network Ireland Holistic Magazine
Dr Rupert Sheldrake - The Science...
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Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:11 am
Andrew Paquette - Skeptiko podcast
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Ian Pegler »
Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:16 am
from Skeptiko...
182. Andrew Paquette Brings Statistical Rigor to Psi Experiences
Interview examines new methodology for estimating probability...
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Last post by Ian Pegler
Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:16 am
Richard Dawkins Would Like to Trip on LSD
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Ian Pegler »
Sun Aug 12, 2012 8:50 am
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from the Daily Grail...
Richard Dawkins Would Like to Trip on LSD
... More than a few times I've heard people say what Richard Dawkins needs is a...
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Have you ever experienced an LSD trip yourself, Tom?
I'm not sure taking a hallucinative substance would lead to observation of paranormal...
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Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:34 pm
Car that runs on water invented
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Ian Pegler »
Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:32 am
from The Hindu...
Car that runs on water invented
A Pakistani engineer has built a car that runs on water, a feat that left onlookers astounded....
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Last post by Ian Pegler
Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:32 am
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