If you’re like most people, you’ve dreamed of flying (studies show that more than half of us have done it). If you’re curious about the universe, you’ve probably also dreamed about visiting other planets. And if you’re willing to wait about nine months, you are in luck—because after that, you won’t have to dream anymore. […]
Alejandro Rojas is a radio host for Open Minds Radio, editor and contributing writer for Open Minds magazine as well as OpenMinds.tv. For several years Alejandro was the official spokesperson for the Mutual UFO Network as the Director of Public Education. As a UFO/Paranormal researcher and journalist, Alejandro has spent many hours in the field […]
It’s a COVID-19 patient’s nightmare: survive the disease only to face it again a few months later. With recent reports of some testing positive for the virus even after recovery, many are now wondering if it is possible to get infected twice. But E. John Wherry, director of the Institute for Immunology at the University […]
“Correlation does not imply causation” is a basic motto of science. Every scientist knows that observing a correlation between two things doesn’t necessarily mean that one of them causes the other. But according to a provocative new paper, many researchers in psychology are drawing the wrong lessons from this motto. The paper is called The […]
The New York Times claims former government officials and scientists are convinced the government has retrieved crashed UFOs and have studied them. However, The New York Times also says they have been provided no evidence to substantiate these beliefs. One notable former government official claims The New York Times misrepresented his statements on the matter. […]
Editor’s Note, July 31, 2020:On Thursday, Norwegian authorities removed Pablo Picasso and Carl Nesjar’s The Fishermen from the façade of Y-Block, a municipal building in the heart of Oslo’s government quarter. As Thomas Rogers writes for the New York Times, “The mural’s removal was the culmination of a years-long fight between the authorities, who argue […]
Editor’s Note, July 31, 2020:A new study published in the journal Science Advances confirms that a viral—and widely mocked—restoration of Jan and Hubert van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece adheres to the artists’ original intentions. “The Eyckian face of the [Mystic] Lamb had forward-gazing eyes and effectively a shorter muzzle than the 16th-century restorer’s overpainted face,” the […]
The world of sport is filled with superstition. Michael Jordan famously wore University of North Carolina shorts under his Chicago Bulls kit; Serena Williams wears the same socks throughout a tournament; and when Goran Ivanisevic won a tennis match, he would repeat that day’s activities throughout the competition. Psychologists say this behavior comes about because […]
Two little Arctic ice caps that Mark Serreze studied as a graduate student in the early 1980s might not have been as grand and dramatic as other features of our planet’s cryosphere, but to him they nonetheless were quite special. Were quite special — past tense — because Serreze, who now directs the National Snow […]
Alejandro Rojas is a radio host for Open Minds Radio, editor and contributing writer for Open Minds magazine as well as OpenMinds.tv. For several years Alejandro was the official spokesperson for the Mutual UFO Network as the Director of Public Education. As a UFO/Paranormal researcher and journalist, Alejandro has spent many hours in the field […]
Alejandro Rojas is a radio host for Open Minds Radio, editor and contributing writer for Open Minds magazine as well as OpenMinds.tv. For several years Alejandro was the official spokesperson for the Mutual UFO Network as the Director of Public Education. As a UFO/Paranormal researcher and journalist, Alejandro has spent many hours in the field […]
COVID-19 will probably be a part of our lives for the foreseeable future. A vaccine has yet to materialize. As the pandemic continues to take a crushing toll, doctors are resorting to a century-old treatment that has been helpful in managing previous pandemics: taking antibodies from those who have recovered and giving it to the […]
Editor’s Note: Tony Dajer has practiced emergency medicine for 25 years in New York City. He’s a frequent physician-writer for Discover’s popular medical mystery column, Vital Signs. Here, he writes about three of his recent ER patients, and what that might say about COVID-19’s effects on the heart. 180. Room 5. The red digits glared […]
We have all seen the alarming headlines: Coronavirus cases are surging in 40 states, with new cases and hospitalization rates climbing at an alarming rate. Health officials have warned that the U.S. must act quickly to halt the spread – or we risk losing control over the pandemic. There’s a clear consensus that Americans should wear masks in […]
Whether or not you agree with a mandate to wear a mask, many of us will do so during our daily business. I am a professor of nursing at Purdue University, where a colleague and I teach a class detailing the history of health care over the centuries. Among other things, students discover the original reason for […]