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A Japanese study shows that diabetics can process sugar better if they laugh during the meal. Laughter has also been shown to help high blood pressure, stimulate the nervous system, heighten the immune system, release natural painkillers and make the heart stronger.

During the study, Dr. Keiko Hayashi measured the blood glucose levels of 19 diabetics and five non-diabetics before and after they ate the same meal, on two separate days. On one day, participants listened to a 40-minute lecture, which was “monotonous” and “without humorous content.” On the second day, participants were part of an audience of 1,000 people who watched a Japanese comedy show. At the end of the show, “most” participants “considered that they laughed well,” according to Hayashi.
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According to psychologists, ghosts are the mind’s way of interpreting how the body reacts to certain surroundings. A chill in the air, low-light conditions and magnetic fields have long been associated with hauntings. Now researchers think these things may be what “create” ghosts, by triggering feelings that “a presence” is in a room.
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Archeologists who dug up the remains of a Bronze Age archer at Stonehenge last year have found the remains of four adults and two children nearby. They came from Switzerland and may have been involved in building Stonehenge, in the area where crop circles are the most frequent and the most complex.

The group of people is believed to have lived around 2300 BC, during the building of Stonehenge. Archeologist Andrew Fitzpatrick says, “This new find is really unusual. It is exceptionally rare to find the remains of so many people in one grave like this in southern England. The grave is fascinating because we are seeing the moment when Britain was moving from the Stone Age into the Bronze Age, around 2300 BC.”
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The first in our subscription section series of interviews with close encounter witnesses and abductees is a discussion between Whitley and Raven Dana, a witness who had a personal close encounter at Whitley’s cabin in 1988. To listen, click on “Listen Now” on the top right of the masthead, then click on the Raven Dana Special.

Raven has used the knowledge she has gained from her experiences to create a life for herself that enables her to pursue the goal of human awakening that she feels is the central message of her experience. Her website is Ravenheart.org.
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