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By Stephen Wagner, About.com

Sep 5 2006
Telephone telepathy -- I was just thinking about you
Many people have experienced the phenomenon of receiving a telephone call from someone shortly after thinking about them -- now a scientist says he has proof of what he calls telephone telepathy. Rupert Sheldrake, whose research is funded by the respected Trinity College, Cambridge, said on Tuesday he had conducted experiments that proved that such precognition existed for telephone calls and even e-mails…

Noah's Ark discovered ... again and again
In this world there are things that seem on the verge of being discovered every so often, yet never quite materialize. The "Lost City" of Atlantis, for example, has been "found" at least a half dozen times. One researcher is pretty sure it is in Bolivia; another says it is Antarctica; a third claims that Bimini beachrock may be from the lost civilization. So it is with Noah's Ark. The difference is, of course, that the implications of Noah's Ark actually being found extend far beyond archaeology…

Sasquatch Mountain’s worth
On Saturday, September 9, the Sci-Fi Channel screens for the first time the new motion picture, Sasquatch Mountain…

Mystery of a missing sub
Sixty-four years after sailor Paul Patrick Sullivan was lost at sea, new chapters in his story continue to be written. Sullivan's tale is not simply a war story about an Akron man who left home to join the Navy and died when his submarine disappeared in World War II. It is a ghost story, and a saga of love, loss and reunion…

Step by step into the future
For more than 25 years, Diane Ahlquist has been using playing cards, pendulums, tea leaves and her intuitive abilities to look into the future. Now, Ahlquist, a psychic counselor who lives in Englewood, is sharing her knowledge as the author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Fortune Telling," scheduled to be released today…

Appease spirits and sell your home
When prospective buyers felt a chill down their spines as they walked through the home of one of her clients, real estate agent Hedi Kennerknecht knew she needed help. She got in touch with Monique Chapman, a self-described intuitive consultant, for a spiritual "cleansing" of the troubled property…

Psychologist who talks with the angels
She’s a glamorous blonde American psychologist whose dramatic career change came as the result of a violent car-jacking incident in 1996. Doreen Virtue, 48, believes her life was saved that July day in an Anaheim, Californian car park when two men pulled a gun on her because she “listened to the angels”…

Everybody is a psychic

Doctor leads time travel research
Experiments aimed at unlocking secrets of time travel are being led by Aberdeen University. Researchers are examining the fabric of space time and what science fiction authors refer to as the fourth dimension. Dr Charles Wang will study the microscopic movement of atoms, which can be affected by the earth spinning. He said: "This is a very interesting possibility which cannot entirely be ruled out by physics”…

Is there still a sea serpent of Bolinas?

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