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Is Acupuncture Winning?
Image Courtesy of Flickr When I first heard of acupuncture in medical school in the late 1960s, I became convinced that it worked. I read impressive media reports from China touting it for everything...
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Since skepticism was born as an organized movement in 1976 with the creation of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (now CSI, the Committee for Skeptical...
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Kraken: Monster of the Deep
The Kraken—a massive sea monster—legendarily rose out of the ocean to pluck sailors off ship decks or even to grasp whole vessels and carry them to the depths. It has sometimes been linked to the...
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Talking Science and Society at Church
Over the past two decades, high profile debates over human origins, abortion, and stem cell research have distracted from the opportunities that scientists, skeptics, and religious Americans have to...
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Why E-Cat Is a Hoax
Image Courtesy of Pixabay Calling something energy catalysis (E-Cat), low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR), or condensed matter nuclear science (CMNS) cannot hide the fact that the idea is simply the...
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Mark Edward’s Psychic Blues
Mark Edward presenting at CSICon 2017. (Photo by Karl Withakay.) “I can’t do much about the rottenness of the Big Picture, but I and others I work with know if we can put our best efforts into...
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Los Ecomodernistas
Cortesía de la NASA Los científicos esperan que este año, a nivel mundial, sea el cuarto más caliente del que se tenga registro, siendo solo más cálidos los tres años previos. Desde 2001, hemos vivido...
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The European Skeptics Congress—Having Fun While Learning about Intereuropean...
1) Can you quickly introduce yourself? My name is Paul De Belder. I’m an engineer working for a spin-off of Leuven university, which develops machines for visual quality control in IC-manufacturing. I...
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Pixie Turner: A Wellness Lady Turned Nutritionist
Pixie Turner stands for a guiltfree relationship with food: No sins and no forbidden carbs! Photo by Pixie Turner. Can you quickly introduce yourself? I’m a registered associate nutritionist and...
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Who Are More Biased: Liberals or Conservatives?
Courtesy of Flickr Recently Jane Mayer (2019) of The New Yorker wrote about the very close relationship between Fox News and President Donald Trump, outlining in great detail how the Murdoch...
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Beber sangre de murciélagos es una mala (y loca) idea
En la medicina tradicional china (MTC), uso médico generalizado de productos animales tales como bilis de oso, cuernos de rinoceronte, huesos de tigre y escamas de pangolín ha devenido en la práctica...
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Celebrity Ghost Hunts at Historical Locations
As I scrolled through my social media feed one January night, I came across a post from Evan Bernstein, cohost of the popular Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe podcast. The post linked to an article in...
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Michigan Nanny Cam ‘Ghost’ Most Likely Mom or Dad
This particular news item came to me by way of a local paranormal group who tagged me in a post with a link (to the news item) and the comment, “Kenny Biddle, thoughts?” (PCINJ 2019). I clicked on the...
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Talking with Jo Thornley about Cults and Their Zealots
Why would anyone join a cult? Maybe they're unhappy with their current religion, want to change the world, are disappointed with their lives … or maybe they’re just trying to make sense of what's...
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Pseudoscience Trends in the Pet World
Not all dog and cat owners call themselves “pet parents,” but I became a dog mom to the now twelve-year-old Luna back in 2007, a few years before I had kids. Our family really wanted to add another...
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Lou Gehrig’s Disease Was Named for the Baseball Player—but Was He Misdiagnosed?
Lou Gehrig, the famous New York Yankees first baseman, was known as the “Iron Horse” for his batting skills and stamina. Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame and voted the greatest first baseman of...
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