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A Mix of Opinions on the Afterlife

Rupert weighs in on the biggest question of all, along with several influential thinkers from the arts and sciences.

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Explore The Big Questions in Science

Is nature mechanical? Is matter unconscious? Join Rupert in this video seminar to explore these and other fundamental questions challenging modern science.

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Morphic Resonance, Memory and the Habits of Nature

This is Rupert's deepest dive yet into the science of Morphic Resonance, exploring its connection to memory, inheritance, rituals, mantras, crystals and even societies.

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Essay ... Why Your Pet Wakes Up When You Stare at It ...

This DailyMail article covers Rupert's new research on the sense of being stared at.

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New Research on Staring and Sleep PDF

Is it Possible to Wake Sleeping People and Non-Human Animals by Staring at Them? Journal of Scientific Exploration (2024) Vol. 38, No. 4, 603-613; with Pam Smart

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New Research on Staring Through Video PDF

Can People Tell When They Are Being Stared at Live on Video? Journal of the Society for Psychical Research (2024) Vol. 88, No. 3, Issue 956, 129–146; with Sebastian Penraeth

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New Research on Scopaesthesia PDF

Directional Scopaesthesia and Its Implications for Theories of Vision Journal of Scientific Exploration Vol 37, No. 3, 312-329 (2023)

Essay Pets Often Know They Are About to Die, Wish Us Farewell

This DailyMail article covers Rupert's latest research on remarkable behavior of animals during their last phase of life.

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New Research on End-of-Life Experience PDF

Experiences of Dying Animals: Parallels With End-of-Life Experiences in Humans Journal of Scientific Exploration (2023) Vol. 37, No. 1

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Dying, Death and Beyond – with Satish Kumar

What does a good death look like? Rupert and Satish answer this and other questions.

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Fields as Formal Causes – with David Bentley Hart

Do the fields of physics act as top-down causes, aligning with Aristotle's formal and final causes?

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Essay Can our dead pets come back to visit us?

This DailyMail article covers Rupert's research on the parallels between humans and animals in both life's final moments and the bereavement process that follows, based on hundreds of reports.

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New Research on After-Death Communications PDF

After-Death Communications (ADCs) from Non-Human Animals: Parallels with Human ADCs Journal of Scientific Exploration Vol 38, No. 1, 61-78 (2024)

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End-of-Life Experiences

This is an emerging area of research investigating the behaviors and phenomena observed in domestic animals in their final moments.

Research With Animals

Papers on the unexplained abilities of animals, from a telepathic talking parrot, to dogs that know when their humans are heading home.

Official YouTube Channel

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Official Podcast

Talks and conversations at the intersection of science and spirituality; includes solo talks and dialogues with others.

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Wikipedia Hijacked by Dogmatic Skeptics

The world's most democratic encyclopedia in theory falls rather short of that in practice, as the case of Rupert's Wikipedia page abundantly illustrates.

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Take the Joint Attention Test

Can you tell if you're looking at the same picture as someone else? Grab a friend and give it a try.

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