Category: Science
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UFO Report: No Sign Of Aliens, But 143 Mystery Objects Defy Explanation
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In an image from video footage from 2015, an unexplained object is seen at center as it soars among the clouds, traveling against the wind. “There’s a whole fleet of them,” a naval aviator tells another, though only one indistinct object is shown. Department of Defense via AP This could…
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The Best Evidence for Life After Death?
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What earthly phenomenon serves as the best evidence for life after death? That question has been put to me more than a few times. My answer is that if someone I knew very closely during life – my mother, for example – materialized in front of me and talked with…
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Why The Afterlife Is Beyond Science
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Co-founder in 1882 of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR), Frederic W. H. Myers, a Cambridge scholar, is sometimes referred to as the “Father of Psychical Research.” As Myers came to realize during his lifetime, mediumship is very complex and does not easily lend itself to human understanding or to scientific research. After…
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The Paranormalist
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The term “paranormal” is defined as not being in accordance with the natural or known scientific laws, or beyond the scope of scientific understanding. The suffix “-ologist” denotes an expert in a particular kind of scientific study. Combining these two, I came up with the innovative new title, “paranormalist.” When I…
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Are Aliens Hiding Inside Black Holes?
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Last week, NASA unveiled the first ever image of a black hole. It looks like an orange donut, a mysterious eye in the dark vacuum of space. Image: Event Horizon Telescope collaboration et al. But the question has never been what does a black hole look like? The real question is how are…
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Researchers Emulate ‘Alien and UFO Encounters’ In Sleep Study
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A recent study performed by the Phase Research Center in Moscow looked into a possible connection between REM sleep states, lucid dreaming, and “contact” with space aliens. “Alien and UFO encounters (AUEs) have been a well-known part of human culture for centuries, but we are still unsure of their nature.…
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Exploring UFOs: Science’s Take on Extraterrestrial Encounters
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The truth behind UFO sightings and the scientific perspective on encounters with extraterrestrial beings For centuries, the fascination with unidentified flying objects (UFOs) has captivated humanity’s imagination. While many view UFO encounters as evidence of extraterrestrial life, scientists approach the subject from a more skeptical and analytical perspective. Their goal…
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‘First contact’ protocols: Are we ready for alien communication?
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More reports than ever before are constantly being filed from people claiming to have seen Unidentified Flying Objects, while alien abduction stories continue to make waves as well. And, even though alien and UFO hunters like Scott Waring may believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are real, science has…
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How AI Sees The Paranormal (And The Stories It Tells)
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There’s been a lot of talk recently about AI recommending that we try to catch Bigfoot with a net, and it got me thinking about what else Large Language Models might have to say about the paranormal. So what did I do? I fired up my own AI assistant once…
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Lessons from the other side
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Image Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 erpete. On the night of 6/12/2018 my wife and I were in our living room watching TV when, to her shock and horror, she noticed that I was dead. I was sitting upright, eyes slightly open, unable to hear or respond to her. She checked…