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Stories about: superstition

Matching Reality to Our Superstitions When people lack control and outcome predicting possibilities, they tend to think there's something wrong with reality, that there are incomprehensible forces at work, and their frustration and previous experiences twine into unnatural explanations and behaviors.There's no better explanation to how our min... 3 October 2008 07:14 GMT Ancient Relic Found in Israel's Mediterranean Waters A white marble disc some 20 centimeters across, flat on one side and convex on the other, perforated in the center and presenting two concentric circles on the convex side, was found in the Mediterranean coast of Israel near the ancient Yavne-Yam port city. The Israeli authorities said in a press release issued this ... 15 July 2008 04:29 GMT