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Science
Go with your gut
According to a team led by Professor Gerard Hodgkinson of the Centre for Organisational Strategy, Learning and Change at Leeds University Business School, intuition is the result of the way our brains store, process and [...]
Breakthrough at Stonehenge dig
The team currently digging at Stonehenge have broken through to the bluestone layer. They are currently working on the hypothesis that the cirlce may have been a Neolithic place of healing.
More info and video at the BBC.
Seeing is Believing?
Scientists at UCL (University College London) have found the link between what we expect to see, and what our brain tells us we actually saw. The study reveals that the context surrounding what we see is all important — sometimes overriding the evidence gathered by our eyes and even causing us to imagine things which [...]
Egyptian excavation diary online
John Hopkins University is blogging its latest digs online:
Beginning in February we will also show our work at the Mut temple. Work there began on January 16, as Mr. Charles van Siclen, field director, began work alongside stone mason Franck Burgos. In the summer of 2007 Mr. Burgos dismantled two walls in the Mut temple, [...]
The Luck Factor
Richard Wiseman’s excellent research on what makes some people luckier than others is now available as a downloadable PDF. This is one of the best articles on true practical magick that I know of.
Dreams: Night School
There’s a fascinating article in Psychology Today about new dream research being done at the University of Madison. Seems like they may be rehearsals for stressful situations so that we know what to do when problems arise. Well worth reading.
Origins of magic: review of genetic and epigenetic effects
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Objective To assess the evidence for a genetic basis to magic. Design Literature review.
Setting Harry Potter novels of J K Rowling.
Participants Muggles, witches, wizards, and squibs.
Interventions Limited.
Main outcome measures Family and twin studies, magical ability, and specific magical [...]
Chemical to replace sleep?
Darpa, those wonderful people who helped give us the Internet among many other things, may have made another interesting breakthrough: a chemical that can replace lost sleep. If it works it could seriously help the very many people who suffer from severe narcolepsy and insomnia, not to mention those like myself with perennial jet-lag. And [...]
