The experience of feeling a presence can be unnerving.
Raggedstone/Shutterstock
It is deeply connected to sleep paralysis but that can’t explain everything.
Welcome to the new reality.
sun ok/Shutterstock
We’ve spent ages learning about the people who think they’ve come from another planet, so you don’t have to.
Many elevators do not have a floor numbered 13 because of common superstitions about the number.
Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty Images
A sociologist unpacks how common superstitions like fear of 13 can gain steam.
Is “Twosday” as special as some corners of the internet seem to think?
articular/iStock via Getty Images Plus
Numerology ties in with how our brains work, but that doesn’t mean its claims make sense.
US Department of Defense
A recent statement about “unidentified aerial phenomena” from the Pentagon has provoked surprisingly little public response.
A crop circle in Switzerland.
Jabberocky/Wikimedia Commons
The internet has allowed pseudoscience to flourish. Artificial intelligence could help steer people away from the bad information.
Ian West/PA Wire/PA Images
From Strictly Come Dancing to the Tour de France ‘curses’ have rational explanations. Here, psychologists discuss why belief in them persists.
Captblack76/Shutterstock.com
Sleep paralysis and exploding head syndrome can help explain things that go bump in the night.
An intricate crop circle spans a diameter of more than 45 metres in a barley field close to Barbury Castle near Wroughton, England, about 130 kilometres west of London, in 2008. The circle is noteworthy for its complexity, representing the first 10 digits of the mathematical constant pi, or 3.141592654.
Lucy Pringle
Crop circles are global phenomena gaining attention as paranormal culture becomes mainstream, along with a hybrid approach that emulates scientific investigation.
Hearing voices can make you anxious.
Preethi Premkumar
People with paranormal beliefs often experience social rejection. But for those at risk of psychosis, support is important for prevention.