Stories
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The psychology of Ouija
Explore the science behind table tilting and Ouija boards, and discover how the unscrupulous still make money from exploiting the ‘ideomotor’ effect.
- Article
Can isolation lead to manipulation?
Military-funded researchers wanted to know if isolation techniques could facilitate brainwashing. One neuroscientist suggested that it might improve our own control over our minds.
- Long read
Our complicated love affair with light
Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.
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Cantor lectures on the electromagnet / by Silvanus P. Thompson ; delivered before the Society of Arts, January 20, 27, February 3, 10, 1890.
Thompson, Silvanus P. (Silvanus Phillips), 1851-1916.Date: 1890- Books
The body electric : electromagnetism and the foundation of life / Robert O. Becker and Gary Selden ; illustrated by David Bichell.
Becker, Robert O.Date: [1985?]- Books
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A manual of magnetism : including galvanism, magnetism, electro-magnetism, electro-dynamics, magneto-electricity, and thermo-electricity.
Davis, Daniel.Date: 1847- Books
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On the thermo-electric action of metals and liquids / by George Gore.
Gore, George, 1826-1909.Date: 1871- Books
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The dynamo as a generator and as a motor : some analogies and contrasts / by W.M. Mordey.
Mordey, W.M.Date: 1886