Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world’s most innovative biologists, is best known for his theory of morphic fields and morphic resonance, which leads to a vision of a living, developing universe with its own inherent memory. He first worked in developmental biology at Cambridge University, and is currently Director of the Perrott-Warrick project.
Rupert Sheldrake biography

Are the laws of nature more like habits?
A summary of the hypothesis of Morphic Resonance.

A New Science of Life
A fully revised new edition of the controversial science classic. Released in the UK February 5.
Order the new 2009 edition:A New Science of Life (Amazon UK only)
The book will be published in the US in October 2009 under the title Morphic Resonance
US Edition
"Books of this importance and elegance come along rarely. Those who read this new edition of A New Science of Life may do so with the satisfaction of seeing science history in the making." - Larry Dossey, MD

Take part in research with your friends by doing simple experiments with mobile phones or online.

Can you tell who's calling?
Can you tell when someone is hearing the same music as you?
Can you tell when you are being stared at?

Visit our online Experiments Portal

Rupert's book A New Science of Life was published in the UK in February 2009 in a completely revised new edition, with an update on research on morphic resonance.
His international bestseller Dogs That Know When Their Owners are Coming Home is now available in 13 different languages
USA and Canada
Britain and Ireland

Do some dogs really know when their owners are coming home?
Hear what Rupert Sheldrake and skeptic Richard Wiseman have to say on the Skeptiko podcast
Take part in the debate and participate in a new research project at Open Source Science. Open Source Science
New Skeptico research... Video of dog experiment
Grants are available for this research.

For the last three years Rupert and Andrew Weil have held a series of dialogues on science and healing, available here online.
New Online: New Science and the Future - Hollyhock August 2008

Also: Fields of Mind and Body – August 2006.
Trialogue with Rupert Sheldrake, Andrew Weil and Ralph Abraham.
Placebos and Mind-Body Relationships - August 2007

Rupert has had encounters or debates with a wide range of skeptics. Find out what they say and how Rupert replies to them:
Peter Atkins - Radio 5 discussion on telepathy, Transcript
Robert A. Baker , Robert Todd Carroll, Richard Dawkins, Chris French - Does Telepathy Happen? debate, David Marks, James Randi, Michael Shermer, Lewis Wolpert, John Maddox, Richard Wiseman , The European Skeptics Congress, and others.
Controversies

Online audio recordings of a series of lively, far-reaching discussions between Rupert and his close friends Ralph Abraham and Terence McKenna.

These took place between 1989 and 1998 in America and England.
We are progressively building the full collection. Latest on line is
Cannabis Part 2
The Trialogues

Exploring gender issues and ways to heal society.
Rupert's mind-stretching trialogues are published in two books The Evolutionary Mind and Chaos, Creativity and Cosmic Consciousness.
USA and Canada
Britain and Ireland

N’Kisi, an African grey parrot, is the most accomplished language-using animal in the world.
He also seems able to read his owners mind.
Read more about N’kisi

Rupert’s paper with Aimee Morgana... Testing a language-using animal for telepathy

Rupert’s scientific papers are available here online, including his recent papers on email and telephone telepathy.

Invitation to join the Shoreditch Experiment
London, June 9 and July 7
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Have you thought of someone who then sends you a text message?
Send Rupert your observations

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