History
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Read more: History and Science of Therapeutic Sound
You’re lying in a dimly lit room, eyes closed… a gentle symphony of gongs, bowls, and soothing tones washes over you. The vibrations seem to sink into your skin and settle your racing thoughts. This experience, a sound bath, is a modern wellness trend with roots reaching far back into history. Across centuries and civilizations,…
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Read more: "Demons" From Around the World
How a culture’s “evil” spirits reveal their social values
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Read more: Versailles, Mr. Beast, and The Twilight Zone
Why do so many people play along in power games and why do we enjoy watching suffering?
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Read more: Rhythm of Life: A History of Drums
Let’s travel back before Spotify playlists and stadium concerts – about 7,000 years. A group of early humans gather around a fire… one of them starts hitting a hollow log covered with reptile skin. To our modern eyes it might look like a casual weekend at Burning Man, but to them it was serious business.…
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Read more: Can We Learn to Speak Dolphin?
The journey toward inter-species communication
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Read more: The Invincible Art: Indonesia’s Debus and the Power of Pain
In a dusty village square in Banten, a man in a black headband stands calmly as another strikes his back with a rattan rod. The crowd gasps—he doesn’t flinch. Moments later, he’s rolling over a bed of thorny cactus and grinning as if it were a plush mattress. A chorus of drums and chants builds,…
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Read more: Stonehenge: A Social and Technical Achievement
What research tells us about its construction
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Read more: Abiotic Oil: Fossils, Frauds, and Fallacies
A culture of weird science
