Are some people wired to see ghosts? A psychologist explains what makes paranormal experiences more likely

Around 1 in 5 Americans say they’ve seen a ghost. I’m not one of them, and I probably never will be. I blame my brain.Let me explain. No one can say definitively that ghosts exist, but many people believe they do. Roughly three-quarters of Americans believe in some form of paranormal activity — not only ghosts, but psychic abilities, precognitive dreams, mediums and anything else that conventional explanations can’t account for.As a psychology professor, I often think about the subjectivity people use when interpreting experiences. I wonder, then, if there are perfectly ordinary explanations for seemingly extraordinary experiences. Maybe a…

Two-time loser Curtis Sliwa eying another NYC mayoral run in 2029

He’s throwing his beret in the ring a third time. Former NYC Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa is seriously considering another mayoral run – and the revelation came, strangely, while he was in California last week. Sliwa was addressing a group of students at Stanford University on May 22 when…

New device could make processors run 1,000 times faster without additional waste heat — scientists say it could reduce data center energy demands

Researchers in Japan have created a device that promises to boost computer processing speeds, without generating massive amounts of additional heat.Two of the limiting factors in high-performance computing, especially for the processors used in data centers, are the costly energy inputs required and the massive amount of waste heat generated.…

Science news this week: Exploding rocket overshadows NASA’s next steps to the moon, ‘Doomsday Glacier’ faces big loss, quantum computer AI hybrid shows impressive results, and war deepens Iran’s water crisis

Space dominated this week’s science news, with NASA announcing its imminent next steps in plans to develop a permanent moon base being slightly overshadowed by the spectacular explosion of a rocket intended to carry its payloads.Three uncrewed missions targeted for later this year will involve private companies carrying payloads to…

Blue Moon 2026: An extremely rare micromoon rises tonight

Skywatchers will be treated to a rare sight this month: a Blue Moon that is also a “micromoon.” It marks the first time since August 2023 that there have been two full moons in the same calendar month. Rising in the early morning hours of May 31, 29.5 days after…

Yankees give Jose Caballero start at shortstop in win over A’s

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Yankees spun their daily shortstop roulette wheel Friday and for the first time since Sunday, it came up on José Caballero. After Anthony Volpe started at shortstop for all three games of the Yankees’ series against the Royals in Kansas City — with Caballero starting…

Karl-Anthony Towns credits Jeremy Lin for making him a Knicks fan

As Linsanity took over the NBA, Karl-Anthony Towns was as big a fan as anyone.  When asked Friday about his Knicks fandom growing up, Towns gushed about Jeremy Lin.  “I truly want to give a shoutout to Jeremy Lin because he really made me a Knicks fan and had me…

Anti-ICE agitator charged with allegedly biting officers during Delaney Hall protest

The anti-ICE rioter who allegedly sank his teeth into federal law enforcement officers during a violent protest at Delaney Hall Thursday has been charged. Brendan John Geier, 26, was charged Friday for allegedly “kicking and biting” ICE officers outside the Newark detention center, leaving “horrific wounds,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche…

The Jay Wright-ism Jalen Brunson has carried with him through Knicks success

All these years later, one lesson from Jay Wright has stayed with Jalen Brunson.  “One thing he always said, it’s plastered on every wall, every shirt, the inside of our jerseys — everything — was attitude,” the Knicks’ superstar guard recalled, referring to the former Villanova coach. “Controlling your attitude.…

Fajitas, stir-fry, BBQ chicken –  see the food options provided to Delaney Hall ICE detainees: ‘Higher standards than most US prisons’ 

Criminal illegal migrants held at New Jersey’s Delaney Hall ICE facility are served everything from fajitas to barbecue chicken, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed Friday amid raucous protests outside the detention center over the alleged poor treatment of detainees  Demonstrators and top Garden State Democrats have demanded that…

Rookie Pauline Astier leads way as Liberty win tight battle with Mercury

The Liberty fully anticipated the Phoenix Mercury to come to Friday’s game frustrated and amped up.  The Mercury had lost four in a row, including an epic third-quarter meltdown against the Liberty on Wednesday, during which they went scoreless for more than six minutes.  But Friday was mostly a rock…

UCLA baseball suffers freak injury ahead of freaky loss in NCAA Tournament

UCLA’s top-ranked baseball team suffered a loss before the first pitch Friday. Second baseman Aidan Aguayo, who was batting in the No. 6 spot on the lineup sheets distributed before the Bruins’ NCAA Tournament opener, sustained an injury in pregame drills. “He rolled his ankle on the tarp, and he…

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