New Scientist March 2005
Well worth a read. Interesting in their own right and sharing a common 
lesson,
13 observed phenomena that appear to be real and that appear to 
contradict relevant scientific "received truth".

        http://space.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18524911.600

Includes placebo effect (specific interesting cases), dark matter / 
energy, changing physical "constants", incoming cosmic rays which 
(impossibly") exceed the GZK energy limit,  tetraneutrons, 
unidentifiable force affecting Pioneer spacecraft trajectories, the 
Kuiper cliff - but, where is planet X, cold fusion is back AND 
respectable to the point of being DOD fundable, ... .

Apart from their interest for their own sakes many of these are of 
interest for the light they throw on what we know, what we find we 
don't know, how we decide what we think we know and similar. Applying 
the lessons from these disciplines to other areas of 'science' where 
dogma rules supreme and thinking is essentially forbidden could be 
valuable. "*KNOWING* that we know" in any area, when, of course, we 
don't, has been shown time and again to be a sure way of not growing 
in knowledge. It still seems to happen though :-).


        Russell


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