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Will we ever reach Alpha Centauri, our closest neighboring star system?
Visiting our nearest stellar neighbor will take near-light-speed travel. Lasers could be used to propel tiny spacecraft toward Alpha Centauri, scientists suggest. (Image credit: Artist’s impression by Michel Lamontagne, courtesy of Space Initiatives Inc.) Our space-exploration ambitions have boldly taken humans to the moon, rovers to Mars and spacecraft to the outer reaches of the solar system. But could humans or spacecraft…
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Engineers Found Evidence of Hydraulics in an Ancient Pyramid, Solving a 4,500-Year-Old Mystery
See how Egyptian engineers might have used water to shape history’s greatest monuments. Anton Petrus//Getty Images Hydraulic mechanics may have indeed been the driving force behind the construction of ancient Egyptian pyramids. In a recent preprint paper, scientists concluded that the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt—believed to be the oldest of the seven monumental pyramids and potentially constructed about…
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History’s Most Infamous UFO Sightings of the Modern Era
Still-unexplained phenomena, from Roswell to the ‘Belgium Wave.’ David Zaitz/Getty Images UFOs aren’t new. Indeed, humans have been describing unidentified flying objects for millennia, with depictions of disk-like objects and unusual atmospheric objects found in the art and literature of ancient civilizations from the Sumerians and the Egyptians to the Greeks and Romans. But the modern era of UFOs took off…
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What Is Lucid Dreaming? How To Have A Lucid Dream
What Are Lucid Dreams? Lucid dreams are a specific type of dream in which you become aware that you are dreaming. This awareness can range from a faint recognition to complete control over the dream. Often, people who lucid dream will be able to do things in their dreams that they cannot do in real life, such as flying or…
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Haunted Dolls 101: An Introduction
If you’ve been reading our blog, you already know that ghosts aren’t always see-through people or floating sheets. They can be poltergeists, people-possessors, as well as shadow beings. They also don’t necessarily haunt specific locations. Some haunt people, while others hold a very close connection to specific objects. One of the most commonly haunted object categories known to man are…
