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The Psychological Reality of Hauntings and Poltergeists – Part I: An Initial Model
In the first of a two-part article from the archive, Rense Lange and James Houran argue that ghostly outbreaks and hauntings can tell us more about the living than the dead.
Rhyme and Reason: a Rael expert takes a look at the Raelian movement
From the archives, former editor Steve Donnelly takes a look at the Raelian movement's claims about human cloning, on BBC's Today programme
Do astrologers have to believe in astrology?
From the archives, Nick Campion questions whether "belief" is even a particularly useful concept when applied to astrology
From the archives: Perpetuum mobile – the fruitless search for perpetual motion
From the archives in 1989, Anthony Garrett looks at the popular quests to uncover perpetual motion - and why they always came up empty