Psychologist Chris French has spent decades studying paranormal claims and mysterious experiences, from seemingly-impossible coincidences to paintings that purportedly predict the future. Ian Sample sits down with French to explore why so many of us end up believing in, what he terms, ‘weird shit’, and what we can learn from understanding why we’re drawn to mysterious and mystic phenomena
More Stories
Male mosquitoes to be genetically engineered to poison females with semen in Australian research
The 10 rules of friendship: show up, go beyond banter, learn the boring details
Bizarre Australian mole even more unusual than first thought, new research reveals