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As the winner of the Richard Wiseman Theatre of Science auction, I'd like to invite everyone to the 8 PM performance on Saturday, November 11, to witness my hair-raising performance of standing in a metal cage absorbing approximately one million volts of electricity (the cage, that is, not me--...

I had to send my espresso machine (a very blue state sort of thing to own) to New York for repair. It's been repaired, and now, ups tracking number in hand, I get to watch my machine slowly work it's way back home in the (blue) northwest. (It's currently in Ohio.) The election gave me a whole...

"According to people who study such things, there are eight stages of genocide: Classification, Symbolization, Dehumanization, Organization, Polarization, Preparation, Extermination and Denial. After a decade of Arafatian rule, a critical mass of Palestinians hover somewhere between stages six...

hypnosis & stage hypnosis What is everyones view on hypnosis being used to help or cure with phobias, obsessive compulsive disorders, weight loss ect.? I have heard allot of people that say it works but I am a little skeptical. I did go to one of those shows were the hypnotist makes you...

Story This is going to be interesting.

I recently found a copy of Martin Gardner's 'New Age' in a charity shop- a collection of some of his articles from various publications. One of these articles makes a strong distinction between what he describes as 'stage' and 'close-up' magic. He basically asserts that 'stage' magicians need...