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One of the most convenient things about ghost hunts being conducted in the dark is that I’m able to roll my eyes unnoticed when the methods used stray into questionable territory. There’s certain suggestions, methods and phrases that trigger an eye roll. Some are quite common like “it feels like it’s got darker in here” despite being in a sealed room with very little light. Or “shall we do a human pendulum?” But the one…
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UFO sightings are rarely reported by a large number of people. Usually it’s one or two witnesses. So when literally dozens of people in several different areas of a country say they all saw the same thing and can’t explain it then it is big time news. Such a case occurred in Ireland this week when scores of people witnessed a bizarre V-shaped UFO in the night sky. The UFO was described as silent and…
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Sometimes a scientific accomplishment needs no hype to sound cool. Laser-guided lightning is one of these cases. Since the time of Benjamin Franklin, we’ve looked for ways to control, or at least deflect, lightning strikes. In 1999, scientists first tried to control the path of a lightning bolt with a laser. Now, scientists are reporting the first successful demonstration of laser-guided lightning. Pictures of one of the experiments speak for themselves: Credit: A. Houard et…
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In the Old West days, the Montana Territory was a lawless place full of vigilante justice. That’s why, in 1867, the Montana Territory Prison was first built. Within just a month after it opened, the prison was overcrowded… and it continued to be overcrowded for the next 100+ years, despite having more towers and cellblocks built by prison labor. Within its cramped walls, many prisoners lived out their days. Spirits who were once criminals or…
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Scientists from the University of Sheffield have identified a new planet with rings in the solar system. The results of the work are described in the journal Nature, reports cnn.com. We are talking about the dwarf planet Quaoar, located at the very edge of the solar system. The object was first discovered back in 2002, it is half the size of Pluto and orbits the Sun behind Neptune. Now, with the help of modern HiPERCAM…