Teaching Chemistry With Homeopathy
This post was originally published on Randi.org As much as it riles up proponents of science-based medicine like myself, homeopathy …
Category Archives: Pseudo-science
Kyle: Bigfoot Field Researcher
A quick photo in honor of the Bigfoot DNA “news”. As you may suspect, I do not view the “research” …
Bill Nye the Science Guy: Pseudoscience
A wonderful episode from one of my favorite shows as a kid: What a fantastic piece of scientific advocacy, not …
Are There Really Magnetic People?
For a long time, languishing in the backwaters of pseudoscience and the occult, there have been claims about “magnetic” people. …
The Periodic Table of Irrational Nonsense {Image}
It’s basically a huge list of pseudoscience, bunk, nonsense, and bullshit, all organized by the level of inanity offered by …
I get email…
Inspired by P.Z. Myers, who publishes some of the nonsense that he receives in his inbox everyday for being a …
The Red Flags of Quackery
Via the very talented comic artists/skeptical activists Sci-ence, I present to you the red flags that everyone who is concerned …
Summing up the nonsense that is the 2012 apocalypse {video}
Here is a great video explaining all of the nonsense that is the supposed 2012 apocalypse and I’m happy to …
Homeopathy is Nonsense, Prove it to Yourself
Getting to the Source As I was researching for a paper on medical ethics concerning the prescription of homeopathic medicine …
Power Balance Goes Bankrupt
One Down, Many More to Go Remember those balance bracelets I told you about? The ones that celebrities and athletes …
Bacteria, Not “Bleeding Statues”
Though skeptics for years have been pointing out the hoaxes and religiously inspired misperceptions that constitute the belief in “weeping …
“Balance Bracelets” Debunked by New Research
Wholeheartedly Bogus We have already talked here, here, here, and here about how and why “balance bracelets”, and any of …
Fluoride in the Water: For Your Teeth or Government Mind Control?
A Conspiracy? Fluoridation is generally known as the addition of fluoride to the municipal water supply. However, what most people …
Arsenic in Your Apple Juice: Why Science Says You’re Safe
Pseudoscience In The Land of Oz Dr. Oz has made some outlandish claims once again. This time, he has gone …
The Polygraph Test: Can Science Tell if You Are Lying?
The Claims A polygraph (popularly referred to as a lie detector) measures and records several physiological indices such as blood …
Do Vitamins Really Help Your Hair?
The Science of Shampoo There are some things hair products can do, and some things they can’t do. The most …
Crystal Healing: Magical Cure or Just a Rock?
The news Scientists may have shattered one of the fundamental beliefs of the New Age movement: that dangling a crystal …
Exposing the Power Balance Con
Where We Stand Even though the purveyors of Power Balance bracelets have already admitted that there is no scientific basis …
Lack of Education Correlated With a Higher Belief in Pseudoscience
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to you that America isn’t the smartest nation. While this is due to a …
The Antioxidant Craze: Do They Work?
“Antioxidants don’t work, but no one wants to hear it.” Simply put, we have no evidence that antioxidants are beneficial …
