Close your eyes and picture the stereotypical Valentine’s evening. Maybe there’s a handsome couple dining window-side at a scarcely pronounceable French restaurant. A candlestick on the table between ...

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A sensory isolation or "float" tank. Source: Galen Crout/Unsplash What happens when your mind disconnects from all outside sensations? First, you undress, put in earplugs, and step into a floatation ...

In Cold War-era “Stranger Things,” we see Eleven, a girl with psychokinetic abilities, in an isolation tank as Dr. Martin Brenner prepares to have her attempt to intercept communication with Russian ...