Why doesn’t the world make sense? At the fundamental level of atoms and subatomic particles, the familiar “classical” physics that accounts for how objects move around gives way to quantum physics, with new rules that defy intuition. Traditionally these are… Continue Reading
Some potentially good news about cannabis compounds is wafting from the Salk Institute labs in San Diego. Researchers discovered that the main psychoactive compound in marijuana—tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)—and a few other active compounds remove amyloid beta proteins from lab-grown neurons.… Continue Reading
If you haven’t visited it yet, you should take some time during the upcoming holiday and check out noted author and translator of sacred texts Joseph Peterson’s esotericarchives where he’s posted dozens of occult works that he’s translated and added… Continue Reading
Borosilicate, Pyrex, annealed? Can you clean it in the dishwasher or boiling water? How do you know whether a glass sex toy is safe or not? Dangerous Lilly agrees, saying, “When we know how shady many sex toy companies can… Continue Reading
Although some people will tell you that you can just wipe them off, there’s actually an art to maintaining your sex toys, keeping them in good, germ-free condition. For example, did you know that many sex toys are porous, so sanitizing… Continue Reading
Sister Ania, National Treasurer, Ordo Templi Orientis Poland, recently distributed a circular for several wonderful items O.T.O. is offering for sale: “I am writing to you to inform you about a few items we have recently produced, including a beautiful… Continue Reading
How do you digitize music dating from before musical notation? Becky Ferreira reports in Vice that the Optical Neume Recognition Project seeks to build a search engine for sifting through the millions of written “neumes,” which were primitive riffs on notation common in prayer… Continue Reading
The name Timothy Leary is likely familiar to most modern day spiritual seekers. His Wikipedia pages states, in part:? “Timothy Francis Leary (October 22, 1920 – May 31, 1996) was an American psychologist and writer known for advocating the exploration… Continue Reading
Researchers have discovered that dung beetles take photographs of the firmament to aid them in navigation when transporting balls of dung from one location to another. Their connection to the relative position of various celestial bodies has a lovely resonance… Continue Reading
Analysis of ancient Babylonian tablets reveals that, to calculate the position of Jupiter, the tablets’ makers used geometry, a technique scientists previously believed humans had not developed until at least 1,400 years later, in 14th century Europe. These tablets are… Continue Reading