Female worker bees waggle and dance after a pollen hunting trip like cowgirls on a dance floor. Are they counting a two-step? 1-2-3 Bee Scientists and beekeepers know that bees are highly intelligent, but a surprising new study reveals that bees can count to five. They even understand the concept of zero. Researchers have confirmed that bees - like humans, primates, and some other vertebrates - order their counting from […]
My dad wasn’t a water witch, but he swore by Old Man Marcus.*  8000+ Years of Witching We've been hiring a water witch to dowse for new wells for as long as my farming family can recall. Even deep in our Midwest Bible Belt, it wasn't considered witchcraft. It’s folk wisdom that works. Farmers and homesteaders are a practical lot; they don’t worry about the how. It works, you dig […]
Trees talk, and those close to the earth have known this for lifetimes upon lifetimes. Science is listening now too. Bushcraft & Shrooms Shift Happens (here on the Fringe!) recently interviewed a bushcrafter and psychonaut who, like Thoreau, left the rat race to live in the woods. Towards the end of the show, he shares his thoughts on trees, mushrooms, and more.  Episode 265: https://fringe.fm/shows/shift-happens/ Spinning Vinyl and Macrame In […]
Why does every strip joint have a ghost story?  The Stripper’s Spooky Tale Retired after 20 years of stripping, author Erin Louis retells the story of her encounter in a haunted dressing room. She heard lilting laughter from nowhere. When she went out in the hall a moment later, she saw a “strange glowing orb” floating in the hall. What she finds out next is surprising and hilarious. No spoilers […]
I discovered mukbang culture by accident while looking for fruit. My First Mukbang A few years ago, I was curious about fruitarianism. My browsing led me to a fit, vibrant, vegan lady who ate only fruit 90% of the time.  She bubbled over with positive vibes as she spread her fruity gospel. A hardcore athlete and distance cycling enthusiast, she showed no signs of low energy from her diet. Gleefully, […]
Father Malachi Martin was a spooky regular on Art Bell's late night radio show. An author and former Jesuit priest, he shared (according to him) true stories of demon possession and redemption that commanded rapt, breathless attention - and later, nightmares. Listeners were terrified, locking their doors and clutching rosaries or a crucifix. Many were convinced that they, too, were possessed and called in for help. One of Father Malachi’s […]
Those of a certain generation will remember late nights with cable TV.  We'd aimlessly flick through channels, hoping to find something to watch while drowsing off.  At midnight, the national anthem and a waving flag would signal station signoff before static ruled the airwaves until morning. Maybe you nodded off to the blue grid of the cable guide channel as it scrolled through the channel offerings. Perhaps a scene […]
Therapeutic ketamine treatments for pain, depression, or anxiety are often accompanied by music for a more powerful, moving healing experience. There is a stereotype that psychedelic music and medicine are the province of hippies, but today's doctors, neuroscientists, and researchers are getting on board the hippie jams bus, and for good reason. Supportive Soothing Two types of music are typically used in therapeutic ketamine treatments: rich instrumentals or natural, […]
Slowly but surely, science is catching up with the spiritual teachings of millennia regarding frequency and vibration. Neuroscience labs are starting to validate what shamans and sages have always known, but from a different angle: they're more interested in the "what and how" than the more elusive and ethereal "why." You Know It When You Feel It It's baffling that anyone could doubt the effects of tones and beats. We […]
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