In 1981, Herbert Benson, a cardiologist at Harvard Medical School, set out to study the ancient meditation practices of Buddhist monks on the Tibetan Plateau. With the Dalai Lama’s blessing,…

One of the unexpected benefits of parenting is that while we do our best to teach our children well, they teach us right back. Of course, they’re not trying to…

In the Scheetz household, back-to-school anxiety reached new heights this fall. Jami Scheetz’s 15-year-old son Devon, who has severe asthma, kicked a brutal vaping habit over the summer, with help…

The second largest country in the world by total area, Canada, is one of the most highly urbanized globally. However, none of its citizens have the right to own physical…

Regardless of what type of computer or smartphone you use, there are obvious privacy concerns.  This day and age, it’s important to be aware of the fact that privacy isn’t…

Hopi Origin Story Ant People of the Hopi and the Annunaki Whether there is an actual connection between the Hopi of the Southwest and the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians or…

In the 1840s, a Scottish doctor living in India named James Esdaile was frequently visited by men with enormous tumours (weighing up to 45 kg) in the scrotum, caused by…

Three videos appearing to show encounters between US Navy aircraft and UFOs are real, the service has admitted, while insisting the clips merely show so far “unexplained aerial phenomena” and…

Psychedelics offer a sense of expansive connectedness, just like astronauts have felt looking back to Earth from space In 1966, on a rooftop overlooking San Francisco, the writer Stewart Brand…

Feeling as though nobody gets you may be linked to persistent thoughts of death. People who frequently feel alienated, isolated and misunderstood are more likely than others to have thoughts…

Jay Jenkins says he hesitated when a buddy suggested they vape CBD. “It’ll relax you,” the friend assured. The vapor that Jenkins inhaled didn’t relax him. After two puffs, he…

This is somehow an inconvenient truth. No matter the authors take on the Healing properties of Crystals. The best we can do is make sure (if possible) that the Stones…

by Aramco. While Saudi authorities refused to assign blame, media outlets like the BBC immediately began insinuating either Yemen’s Houthis or Iran were responsible. The BBC in its article, “Saudi Arabia…

While Saudi authorities refused to assign blame, media outlets like the BBC immediately began insinuating either Yemen’s Houthis or Iran were responsible. The BBC in its article, “Saudi Arabia oil…

Since life is unpredictable, it can bring any of those undesirable experience at any time. To defend against this possibility, the ego builds up a story about what a person’s…

Creativity is Unconscious There is a long-standing belief in the unconscious wellspring of creativity. Invoked more frequently in connection with creativity than with almost any other human action or experience,…

What do trees, shrubs, grasses, green plants, parks, beaches, open fields, and flowering gardens have to do with your mental health? Just about everything, according to an extensive review of…

The intriguing video, which shows a fast-moving unidentified flying object in the skies over the Spanish city of Alicant, has reportedly attracted the serious attention of the primary state-run American…

The Story Inside Us A story is a sequence of events that lead to a conclusion. It’s typically driven by some kind of conflict or some unattainable desire. Details give…

Nixon’s pursuit of draft-dodgers and pot smokers fueled the communist ideology it was trying to contain. Whether it’s mountaineering or marijuana, trekking to Everest or tripping on LSD, getting as…

Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge’s Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, as a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults. In…

A newly announced research program from DARPA is looking to remove those pesky hallucinatory side effects from novel psychedelic medicines such as MDMA and psilocybin. The program is currently calling…

When they fumble with Mother Nature, what can possibly go wrong…. Mosquitoes are more than just a pest – they can be downright dangerous carriers of disease. One of the…