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Quentin Dupieux's cult hit Rubber had the good manners to open with a direct pronouncement of its philosophy: "No reason," Stephen Spinella's layers-deep meta impresario (Officer Chad) repeated again and again. More »
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We all know that superheroes like Superman or Thor are completely impossible. But just for the sake of argument, are there any superpowers that could actually exist in the real world? We assembled a panel of experts to find out. More »
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Some believe in the power of telepathy. Some believe in the power of fMRI. And putting the two together led a team of experimenters to perform "probably the first fMRI study to analyse the neuroanatomical correlates of telepathy." More »
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Chances are you've heard of Clever Hans, the horse who could perform arithmetic. But have you heard of early 20th century experiments in dog telepathy? Here's a snapshot of one such ridiculous experiment. More »
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There's a whole heap of cult fodder for you this week, including the new Black Lightning trailer, a disturbing new Telepathy trailer, our favorite TV comics getting into the scifi business and more flying babies.
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You've probably been wondering why you feel like your timing is always off. That's because the law of time has been out of whack. Luckily the Galactic Research Institute has a plan - and a new theory of time and telepathy! More »
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Paving the way for Vulcans, Slan, Espers, Professor X and Babylon 5's Lyta Alexander, SF writers of the Pre-Golden Age (1904-33) dared to imagine how normal people might react if telepaths were discovered among us. More »
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So you're watching a politician debating or giving a speech on television — or, Lords of Kobol forfend, you're actually in the audience. And your would-be leader is being even more specious and demented than is usual for our low level of political discourse. What telepathic power do you wish you could unleash on this particular demogogue? (And yes, this is the sort of thing I always think about whenever I watch CNN. Scary, I know.) More »
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NBC's phenom hit Heroes, the X-Men comic books, and the USA scifi series The 4400 all feature heroic mutants. These super-powered humans have been born with "mutant genes," or they've had some tinkering at the genetic level. But we still see the same powers cropping up again and again. Since the X-Men were first published in 1963, they've got the jump on the two television shows. Are Heroes and The 4400 just ripping off their powers? Let's find out with a look at five mutant abilities that these stories share. More »
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