April 2023
“Contrary to the common belief that physical events have a unidirectional, first-order causal effect on cognition, these studies suggest that mental activities are capable of influencing physical systems”, write researchers Teodora Milojevic and Mark A. Elliot in a scientific paper based on the well-known “double-slit” experiment in quantum physics.
A cognitive engineer renowned for helping astronauts use their extrasensory perception for problem solving in space now helps babies develop a similar, innate pre-verbal knowing. IMAGES Canva Research shows that an infant can be born with up to 150 types of...
The death of beloved American pop music artist Dolly Parton raises the question of where profound inspiration comes from. There are answers, both post-materialist and materialist. Dolly Parton 2011. PHOTO Leeann Cafferata/Wikimedia Commons Dolly Parton was crystal...
IDEAS ON THE FRONTLINE Breakthrough cognitive research and a recent survey reveal a new bridge between the secular and the sacred: the emotion of awe. Nearly everyone experiences it. PHOTO Canva Human beings have a propensity for awe and wonder, both scientific...
The notion that we are separate from the world may be an illusion upheld by the brain, while the sense of oneness attained when using psychedelics may be “a glimpse of a bigger picture,” say researchers behind a Nature study. IMAGE: Canva In a landmark study published...
IDEAS ON THE FRONTLINE A cutting-edge American biologist has proposed an idea that radically challenges orthodoxy: Biology is influenced by non-physical processes. IMAGE Canva Noted research biologist Michael Levin has proposed that “minds,” described as dynamic...
Everything is frequency. That is the message of a new documentary drawing large audiences. SCREENSHOT from thefrequencymovie.com “Frequency – The Secret of Everything” is a full-length documentary film featuring leading postmaterialist voices exploring what it...
Scholars suggest health care workers convey research findings on Near-Death Experiences. PHOTO Canva Scientific evidence of survival beyond physical death can be a powerful tool to lessen anxiety surrounding the fear of death, two respected scholars say. Yakov Shapiro...
IMAGE Pexels/Alari Tammsalu German theoretical physicist Joachim Keppler has proposed that consciousness arises not from the brain but through resonant interaction with the fundamental energy field of the Universe. The research director at the DIWISS Research...
Is the style of ETI disclosure benevolent or part of government cover-up, or both? June 2026 PHOTO/ILLUSTRATION Canva Researchers at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) used artificial intelligence and other methods to analyze semantics across trance-channeled...
May 2026 Leading researchers conclude the placebo response is real and important, and are pivoting to understand and "harness" the underlying mind-body connection. PHOTO: Canva An editorial in the May issue of The Lancet Psychiatry urges clinicians to stop thinking of...
