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Wildlife Apocalypse: How Myths and Superstitions Are Driving Animal Extinctions
Sporting AK-47 assault rifles and axes, the group of men stalk a black rhino through the African bush. They soon bring it down with powerful volleys. While still alive, the rhino peers at the men as...
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King of Volunteers - A Interview with Scott Romanowski
Image by Susan Gerbic Working behind the scenes to make a conference run smoothly is usually an army of people. Over the years, I and others have come to appreciate the calm and organized nature of...
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Fifty Books and Counting
Massimo Polidoro is a writer and an internationally recognized “mystery detective.” He began his career as James Randi’s apprentice and is the cofounder and head of the Italian skeptics group CICAP....
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Introducing Psychic-Busting Private Eye Bob Nygaard (Part 2)
In part one of this article, here, I gave an introduction to one-of-a-kind detective Bob Nygaard. I covered his August 11appearance in the CBS series Pink Collar Crimes playing himself in his...
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Adam Does Not Ruin Everything—FACT!
Adam Conover (Left) and Mark Edward (Right) I’d like to introduce you all to Adam Conover, who I’m sure you will all recognize as the host and creator of the TruTV comedy show Adam Ruins Everything....
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Carlos and Natália are coming to CSICon to meet YOU!
Natalia Plasternak showing off her Double-Helix hair, and Carlos Orsi with his cat, Violet. Hello readers, I have a real treat for you all. I want to introduce you to two of my newest acquaintances...
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Colorpuncture
Acupuncture is many things. There’s the traditional insertion of needles at acupoints on the body. But there’s also electro-acupuncture, acupressure, ear acupuncture, hand acupuncture, foot...
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‘Breakthrough Ghost Photography’ Falls Short of a Breakthrough
Investigating alleged ghost photographs and offering rational explanations for them has been a focus of mine for well over a decade. I’ve hosted workshops to explain the various causes for “ghosts”...
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Vitamania: The Sense and Nonsense of Vitamins Interview with Sonya Pemberton Almost one billion of us take a regular dietary supplement, mainly vitamin tablets. Celebrities enthusiastically endorse...
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The ‘Secret Hand Signs’ Conspiracy
This past week during oft-contentious Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, things took a turn from the political to the surreal with conspiracy rumors that a lawyer...
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A State of Many Mysteries
Mysterious New Mexico: Miracles, Magic, and Monsters in the Land of Enchantment. By Benjamin Radford. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-8263-5450-1. 300 pp. Softcover,...
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I’m Keeping My Skeptics Card!
Okay, so picture this predicament: I am an active member of a skeptical activist organization, the Guerrilla Skeptics on Wikipedia team (GSoW), doing public presentations on behalf of the...
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Challenging Claims of Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP)
In May 2018, I spent the night at the White Hill Mansion in Fieldsboro, New Jersey. The mansion has a rich history; it was built in 1757 and survived the Revolutionary War, during which it was even...
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Consideraciones esenciales sobre la aromaterapia
Artículo traducido por Alejandro Borgo, Director del CFI/Argentina. La práctica que consiste en administrar aceites esenciales (o perfumados) derivados de las plantas, mediante la inhalación de...
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What can we learn from Michael Marshall’s “Be Reasonable” Podcast?
Susan Gerbic: Marsh, I’m one of your biggest fans and love all the projects you do. The palmist videos were terrific, the 10:23 Homeopathic campaign is legendary, and of course all the work you do at...
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Mom Guilt and the Glyphosate Saga
Nothing raises a parent’s hackles more than the thought of harm coming to their child. Manipulating that instinct is no new marketing trick and neither is the special flavor of fear mongering directed...
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What’s the Harm? Revisited
Skeptic Tim Farley has produced an excellent website called “What’s the Harm?,” which catalogs tangible negative consequences from belief in pseudoscience. It’s an answer to the common apologetic from...
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Vampires at CSICON?
Deborah Hyde is a British skeptic, folklorist, editor-in-chief of the UK The Skeptic, and also a fellow of The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI). She writes about numerous topics concerning the...
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Do 40 Percent of People Think Native Americans Don’t Exist?
An August 7 article in the Great Falls Tribune offered a shocking and discouraging statistic in its headline. The piece, by Kristen Inbody, “Survey: People think Native Americans don’t exist/aren’t...
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A 500-Pound Amoeba: Psychiatry from the Inside
Psychiatry is arguably the least science-based of all the medical specialties. There are no objective blood tests or imaging studies to diagnose mental illness, medications are often not very...
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