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Baba Vanga: The Blind Seer and the Prophecies She Never Made
Every winter brings new "Baba Vanga predictions" — yet the blind Bulgarian seer never wrote a prophecy down. What is documented about her life, how a communist state...
NASA's October Sky Guide Goes Spooky: Algol the "Demon Star" and the Witch Head Nebula (Published September 28)
On September 28, NASA's Night Sky Network published its October 2026 Night Sky Notes, "Spooky Stargazing": Algol, the Demon Star in Perseus that dims about every three days,...
Edward Kelley: What an Alchemist Really Did
What an alchemist really did, told through Edward Kelley: the Trebon laboratory in John Dee's diary, the 1586 projection, the 1587 fire, Burghley's letters, two prisons and his...
Bezoar Stones: The Antidote Myth and the 1567 Test
The stomach stone that kings set in gold as an antidote: its Persian origin, cabinets of curiosities, Ambroise Paré's deadly 1567 test, artificial Goa stones and what science...
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