The Case of Uri Geller: Do Psychic Abilities Like Telekinesis Really Exist?

In the second half of 1960, American television stations had a series of programs featuring a young Israeli Uri Geller, who literally mesmerized the audience, demonstrating his paranormal ability to move metal objects using thoughts. Perhaps these old shows later inspired the Wachowski brothers to create the famous scene in…

If Intelligent Alien Civilizations Exist, How Could We Detect Them?

Any arguments on the subject of intelligent alien civilizations have always triggered a lot of assumptive statements. Whether they exist. Whether they are advanced. Whether they are intelligent. Whether they have reached the stage of civilization and technological progress. Whether they have been developing in the same way as we…

Sleep Disorders: Is It Possible to Die from a Lack of Sleep?

How severe can the consequences of sleep disorders be for physical and mental health? Oddly enough, neither the reasons nor the evolutionary origins of sleep are known to science. From the standpoint of nature, sleep is hardly something worthwhile. When a person or animal is sleeping, their mind is ‘turned…