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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...July 2010, one of Paris' hottest tables will be the sole 12-seater located inside a 24-ton glass-and-steel structure that has been constructed on the roof of the Palais de Tokyo contemporary-arts center, in the 16th arrondissement. The temporary restaurant has been conceived as a UFO-like installation by artist Laurent Grasso, who is famous for his unsettling science-, space- and paranormal-inspired works designed to reinstill mystery in a world that has been stripped of its uncertainties by science - or so Grasso believes. For a dozen lucky diners at a time, however, there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Griddler on the Parisian Roof | 7/23/2009 | See Source »

...think that's an important distinction. People who think they're religious recognize that their beliefs do fall into the supernatural, but they recognize this phenomena as divine intervention, while paranormal believers think that science is simply lagging behind in explaining the inexplicable.(See pictures from the annual UFO congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We're Superstitious | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...brilliantly restrained vocal performance from Pollard. He clearly knows how to use his voice to hook in the listener but never shows it off, deferring to the merits of the songs rather than indulging himself.Later songs like “Keep Me Down” and “UFO Love Letters” are similarly straight-ahead and thrilling. The dark melodies that hold these songs together are adorned with subtle details like whistling at the end of the latter and a scything solo in the former. “Keep Me Down” also contains some...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Boston Spaceships | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...have long speculated about cloning humans as well, but for the most part, ethical considerations have prevented any such notions from being put into practice. President George W. Bush urged Congress to enact legislation banning human cloning in 2002 after being "deeply troubled" by rumors that a Canada-based UFO cult had announced the birth of a successfully cloned baby girl. Though the claims were never substantiated, Congress passed the Human Cloning Prohibition Act in 2003. Congresswoman Sue Myrick, who supported the act, claimed that "anything other than a ban would license the most ghoulish and dangerous enterprise in human...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cloning | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...According to Bess, Palin said yes to both questions.But should we care? People believe in crazy things. In a 2004 poll, 34 percent of Americans stated that they believed in ghosts and 24 percent in witches. Dennis Kucinich, in the 2007 Democratic debate, stated that he saw a UFO , which makes him a possible interstellar Manchurian Candidate. So why do dinosaurs matter?Dinosaurs matter because to believe that dinosaurs walked with man, an individual must stubbornly cling to a belief despite all available evidence against it. The young-earth creationist mindset is dogmatic and anti-empirical—which...

Author: By Steven T. Cupps | Title: Palintology | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

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