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The Global Competitiveness Index is widely watched by countries that want to ferret out weak spots and by companies deciding where to invest. "We're taking the complexity of the world economy and simplifying it," says Jennifer Blanke, a senior economist at the WEF, "so that business and government can...
Dig deeper into the data behind a country's ranking, and there are often surprises lurking. The U.S., for instance, grabs the No. 1 slot for 10 measures, but in certain areas it flails. It scores 69th for primary-school enrollment and 75th in ability to fend off organized crime...
As for perhaps the strangest element of NDEs, the out-of-body experience, studies led by Swiss neuroscientist Olaf Blanke have shed light on what may be going on there. In 2002, Blanke and others reported how they were able to induce OBEs in an epilepsy patient by stimulating the...
Other researchers have their own ideas about how to solve the puzzle. Neuroscientist Blanke calls for "more work with imaging to investigate the brain functioning of large numbers of people who've had an NDE." Says Jansen, who'll soon release work comparing accounts of spontaneous NDEs with ketamine-induced...
So, do these lab experiments really feel like a true out-of-body experience? "It's very vivid," says Ehrsson of his test. Participants say they really did feel like they were outside of their bodies. People in both sets of studies found the experience "weird." Some of Ehrsson's...