This article was originally featured on MIT Press Reader. This article is excerpted from Chris French’s book “The Science of Weird Shit.” There is a hidden cause behind a fun little demonstration of ...

In Mental Radio* Upton Sinclair described a great number of experiments in which Mrs. Sinclair as “percipient” seemed to have telepathic powers. He would draw six or more pictures on separate sheets ...

The big problem with mental powers is you can never prove they exist. They never seem to be repeatable under experimental conditions, like other sorts of phenomena. Until recently — when a researcher ...