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Why UFO Footage Plays Tricks on Your Mind, According to the Guy Who Investigates It
The recent hubbub over the “Jellyfish UFO” shows your brain’s desire for novelty can block out the truth. In January, a well-known UFO influencer, Jeremy Corbell, shared footage of something the public has started calling the “jellyfish UFO.” The footage shows “a mysterious object that appears to have dangling tendrils, and which appears to smoothly float over the roofs
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The Air Force Asked This Man to Investigate UFOs—Then Pushed Him Away After What He Found
His job was to uncover secrets from the unknown. But his curiosity opened doors that the government preferred to keep closed. This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Do you think the U.S. government is hiding, and possibly reverse-engineering, extraterrestrial technology? Think again. Or better yet, don’t think about it at all. Nothing to see here.
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A Groundbreaking Scientific Discovery Shows That We Can Reverse Death
New experiments raise important questions about what it means to die. Editor’s Note: This is one of Popular Mechanics’ greatest stories. It was initially published in December 2022. On December 9, 2013, 13-year-old Jahi McMath was checked in to Oakland Children’s Hospital in California for a routine tonsillectomy. She had sleep apnea and her parents believed that having
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Your Consciousness Persists After You Die, New Research Suggests—Meaning There Are Hidden Layers to Death
Do we need to redefine what dying truly means? Some experts think so. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story… Death—and what happens when it happens—is one of nature’s greatest mysteries. Clinical death is currently understood as an immediate, irreversible event that occurs once circulation stops and brain activity is no longer detectable. However, new research suggests
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Your Consciousness Shifts to a Parallel Universe When You Die, Bold Theory Suggests
Perhaps we really are immortal, according to quantum physics. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story… Our consciousness persists throughout our whole lives. From the moment we wake up to the moment we fall asleep, it’s the thing that is constantly with us, shaping our perception. So, when we die, what happens to our consciousness?
