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"I feel your vibe!\u201d Well, that describes a number of fabled locales that claim to pulse with mysterious energy \u2013 perhaps prompting books to fly across the room or airplanes to vanish into thin air. But what\u2019s the science behind it?\nWe examine spots marked with an X, for \u201cextraordinary\u201d \u2013 from a haunted house to the Bermuda Triangle \u2013 to sort out natural from supernatural phenomena.\nPlus, what causes the aurora borealis\u2026 a haywire Russian space probe\u2026 and just what the heck is an \u201cenergy vortex,\u201d anyway?\nGuests:\n\u2022\xa0Phil Plait \u2013 Skeptic and keeper of Discover Magazine\u2019s blog: badastronomy\n\u2022\xa0Mike Borg \u2013 Group Sales Coordinator, Winchester Mystery House\n\u2022\xa0Jim Underdown \u2013 Executive Director, Center for Inquiry, Los Angeles\n\u2022\xa0Peter Williams \u2013 Hydrodynamicist at Agilent Technologies\n\u2022\xa0Guy P. Harrison \u2013 Writer and business owner in Southern California, author of 50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True\n\u2022\xa0Rob Lillis \u2013 Space and Planetary Physicist, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices