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Articles by Lara Andersson
6 Stories of Aliens and the Unexplained That Are Just Out of This World
There’s as little agreement about World UFO Day as there is about the alien lifeforms that may (or may not) pilot them. Some look to the stars on June 24, the day in 1947 when a pilot claimed to see “flying saucers” over Mount Rainier, while others await first contact on July 2, the day that same year when something crashed in the New Mexico desert near Roswell. But for those who believe the truth is out there, the goal is the same: to raise awareness that humans may not be alone in the universe.
The City with Three Hearts
Halmstad: The City with Three Hearts By Lara Andersson Walk around the port city of Halmstad and you’ll be struck by the crowned hearts adorning everything from bus stops and trash cans to garden gates and grocery stores. Pay close attention to the architectural influences in the old town square, near Saint Nikolai Cathedral, and you’ll catch sight of some of the northernmost timber frame houses in all of Europe.
Too stressed for sex?
Which is why so many psychotherapists, especially those working in the area of sexuality, are integrating mindfulness techniques into the other therapeutic approaches they use with their patients. Dan Pollets, M.D., for example, a psychotherapist based in Massachusetts, speaks of the reactivity we experience in response to anxiety, internal and external pressures, distractions, and more.
Is nostalgia good for you?
In 1999, Constantine Sedikides, Ph.D., assembled a team of psychologists at Southampton University to create the Southampton Nostalgia Questionnaire, intended to track people’s experiences of nostalgia. They also conducted several studies, methodically analyzing participants’ experiences of nostalgia given different contexts and prompts. Their findings were unexpected. Firstly, the demographic of experiencers spanned a much wider range than anticipated.
There’s a Huge UFO Archive Hiding in These Swedish Apartment Cellars
A little green alien on Tobias Lindgren's desk at the Archives for the Unexplained. (All Photos: Courtesy Clas Svahn/Archives for the Unexplained) The industrial Swedish town of Norrköping, nestled along an inlet of the Baltic Sea, was once known for its booming textile industry. Now, decades after outsourcing muffled the city’s industrial buzz, Norrköping is known primarily as a quiet student town, dotted with repurposed factories and the snaking waterways that interweave them.
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