Reality Sandwich | Marisa Smith's blog

An artificial black hole made of metamaterials may provide a means for harvesting the power of solar light.

11-2-09

RS's latest retreat, The Supernatural: Exploring Other Dimensions, brought together brilliant hearts and minds on some of today's most intriguing topics. If you've ever wondered what do you'd get if you mixed 2012, ascension, entheogens & inter-dimensional exploration, this retreat just might have offered an answer. (more)

10-27-09

Arts

Jesus and the Magic Mushroom

Marisa Smith

A long awaited reprint of John Marco Allegro's The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross explores the idea that, "...Christianity is based on a fertility-mushroom/drug cult, and that Jesus was none other than the mushroom itself." (more)

10-23-09

Commons

Mandatory H1N1 Vaccinations Cause Protests

Marisa Smith

Mandatory H1N1 vaccinations have resulted in protests and outrage from healthcare workers in New York, parts of Washington, and hospitals and clinics across the US. (more)

10-5-09

Eco

Return of the Living Bumblebee

Marisa Smith

British conservationists are working to repopulate the short-haired bumblebee that became extinct in the UK with descendants found in New Zealand. (more)

9-28-09

Psyche

Raising Altruism

Marisa Smith

Researchers found that children who had been primed for group affiliation were three times more likely than other infants to spontaneously offer help. (more)

9-22-09

Arts

The One Thousand Year Long Song

Marisa Smith

The Longplayer, a thousand year continuous musical composition, had its first live performance on September 12th.

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9-16-09

Life

In MJ We Trust

Marisa Smith

The Cult of Michael Jackson will open its first chapel in Brooklyn, NY on Friday, 9/11/09.

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9-11-09

Life

Making Babies in Space

Marisa Smith

Japanese scientists discovered that the breeding of mammals might only be possible on Earth.

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9-10-09

Psyche

Does the Universe Hear You?

Marisa Smith

In his innovative documentary Quantum Communica- tion, David Sereda suggests that not only is the universe consciousness, but it responds to personal thought frequencies. [Video] (more)

9-8-09