Do You Have Friggatriskaidekaphobia?

Friday the 13th isn't an unlucky day—unless you have "friggatriskaidekaphobia." That's the term psychologists give the small number people who ...

Norway's New Passion: Ghost Hunting

Like many Europeans, Marianne Haaland Bogdanoff, a travel agency manager in this southern Norwegian town, does not go to church, except maybe at Christmas, ...

'Don't Believe in God? Many Try U.F.O.s'

Are Americans becoming less religious? It depends on what you mean by "religious." According to an article in the New York Times, there's plenty of evidence ...

Americans Are Obsessed with Spirituality

Research literature shows that the great majority of Americans who say they have "no religion" are still quite religious, or at least "spiritually inclined." ...

Dragons Stalk the Unknown

Most people are afraid of the unknown. Those things we have never seen or experienced can seem overwhelming.

On the old maps, back before the world was ...

Crop Circles: The Need To Believe

Mel Gibson's recent movie, Signs, is about a former pastor and farmer who discovers crop circles, or what some believe are spaceship landing pads, ...

The Supernatural Is Not a Closed Case

Surely we cannot take an open question like the supernatural and shut it with a bang, turning the key of the mad-house on all the mystics of history. ...

Don't Fear the Light

Four members of a family in Haiti cowered at home during the February 1998 solar eclipse and were found dead the next day by what officials said was accidental ...

Alien Insurance?

If you think you might be abducted by aliens someday, you can always take out an insurance policy.

No joke. For $156 a year, a London company (called Goodfellow ...

The Aftermath of Religious Breakdown

History shows that when religion wanes in any country, it is not replaced by popular nationalist philosophy that leads to universal happiness and peace. ...