The Daddy Long Legs is Not “the Most Poisonous Spider”
Daddy Long Legs are not the most poisonous spider as you’ll often hear people say. We’ll just ignore the fact …
Category Archives: Science Myths
Alcohol Does Not Kill Brain Cells
Before you dismiss me out of hand, let me be clear, pure alcohol will absolutely kill brain cells and many …
Eating Turkey is Not What Makes You Drowsy
Now to be clear, turkey does contain tryptophan. Tryptophan is an amino acid which the human body doesn’t naturally produce, …
Velociraptors Were Fully Feathered
Contrary to what you might have seen in the movies, textbooks, and other pictorial representations, velociraptors were actually only about …
Diamonds Do Not Come From Coal
According to empirical evidence from evolutionists, geologists, etc., diamonds were formed about 1–3 billion years ago, which is earlier than …
Hair and Fur are the Same Thing
We tend to refer to a lot of animal hair as “fur”, while referring to our own hair as just …
Lack of Oxygen Turns Blood Red, Not Blue
The common misconception that blood that lacks oxygen turns blue probably comes from the fact that veins appear blue and blood in …
Tidal Waves and Tsunamis are Not the Same Thing
Myth: Any big surge of water from the oceans is called a tidal wave; the terms “Tsunami” and “Tidal Waves” …
Sitting Too Close to the TV is Not Bad For Your Eyes
Personally, I know that I have been subjected to the motherly ordinance of “don’t sit too close to the television.” …
The Hemisphere You’re in Does Not Change the Spin of the Water
What hemisphere you are in does not effect the way water spins down your drain. The myth that water in …
The Myths of Herbal Medicine
Let me preface this article by saying that I have been waiting for someone to do this for years. I …
The Science and Myths Behind Lightning Strikes
Lightning is unique in that it can inspire so much awe and wonder about the Earth in fractions of a …
You Know Smoking Hookah is Just as Bad if Not Worse than Cigarettes, Right?
It seems to have become a common saying, among my college cohorts, that smoking out of a hookah is somehow …
Are Airport Body Scanners Safe?
There is much fear-mongering about radiation these days; the damaged Japanese reactor affecting the US, the safety of nuclear power, …
The Internet in 2010
According to Pingdom (a website monitoring service), there were 107 trillion emails sent last year! Being of the internet generation, …
Jurassic Ark
Oh creationism…is there nothing you will not do to try to make a 6000 year old story match modern science? …
The Natural Fallacy
Fortunately, America at least is jumping wholeheartedly on the “green” bandwagon. Unfortunately, a fantastic majority of commercial products sold to …
On Explaining The Safety of Vaccination
Vaccination is one of those rare scientific discoveries that changes the landscape of an entire field of knowledge. It has …
The Cell Phone and Brain Cancer Myth
AT&Tumor? There has been a lot of fear over the years of the potential risks from prolonged cell phone use. …
The 10% Brain Use Myth
Give Your Brain Some Credit! This is definitely an oldie but a goody. The “you only use 10% of your …
