Do you see colors the way I see colors?

Stick with me here, there is a surprising twist coming up a the end. In your eye you have rods and cones. These are terms used to describe specialised light-sensitive cells. Rods are sensitive to low light and so they will help you to see in very dim conditions. It is the cones that enable … Read more

Weird Claim of the Week: CIA found the Ark of the Covenant by using psychics

My title might indeed have invoked a few eye-rolls with the mixture of cargo-cult pseudoscience, all carefully wrapped up with a religious woo bow tie, and then encapsulated with a mention of the CIA, but hold fire on that, because there is something real in play here. So what have we got and where does … Read more