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parapsychology

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Recent Examples of parapsychology The University of Virginia’s Division of Perceptual Studies is one of the most prominent parapsychology research units in the world. — Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025 Three fired parapsychology professors from Columbia University start a paranormal investigation company, Ghostbusters, after an encounter with a ghost in the New York Public Library. — Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2024 Today, a surprising number of colleges and universities offer opportunities to study and even conduct research in parapsychology. — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2021 Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in Ivan Reitman’s sci-fi comedy classic, written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 21 Sep. 2021

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Through her radical honesty and spiritual clairvoyance, Cassidy invites readers to tune to the frequency of their own inner knowing to tap into the cosmic goodness already within them.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Spiritualism was the popularization of clairvoyance, telepathy and mediums who claimed to communicate with the dead.

— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026

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The wide-ranging records include a letter from a woman claiming that her mental telepathy indicated Earhart was still alive, and another from a man claiming her grave was located in Spain.

— Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2025
Getting in good positions but lacking the necessary telepathy with his new team mates, meaning his usual big end product figures (10 goals and six assists in 25 Bundesliga league appearances last season) aren’t there.

— Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025

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The horrors of uncertainty are translated into the language of manageable risk—risk that somebody, somewhere, has the responsibility and foresight to manage.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
Looking ahead, the sector demands foresight, anticipating future requirements driven by automation and AI to design adaptable spaces.

— James Nelson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

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