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[Follow Up] Damn Balance Bracelets!

October 25, 2010

Unfortunately, while I was nerding out to Mythbusters last night, a commercial for the “iRenew” balance bracelet came on the TV. …

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On Explaining The Safety of Vaccination

October 16, 2010

Vaccination is one of those rare scientific discoveries that changes the landscape of an entire field of knowledge. It has …

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The Cell Phone and Brain Cancer Myth

October 13, 2010

AT&Tumor? There has been a lot of fear over the years of the potential risks from prolonged cell phone use. …

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Beginner’s UFOlogy

October 10, 2010

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Many of the reported UFO sightings that we hear about from time to time are easily …

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The 10% Brain Use Myth

October 7, 2010

Give Your Brain Some Credit! This is definitely an oldie but a goody. The “you only use 10% of your …

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What the Bleep Do We Know?

October 1, 2010

You Don’t Know Bleep-ing Anything [About Science] This is definitely one of the topics that aggravates me the most. Like …

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Ancient Chinese Secret Huh?

September 28, 2010

Hitting the Needle on the Head Acupuncture is one of those medical treatments that a lot of people swear by. …

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Is Your Life in the Stars?

September 21, 2010

You’re a Virgo? Sexy… To some astrology seem like a trivial matter, but like anything, there are always those who …

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I am the Homeopathy Vandal!

September 13, 2010

Take that Fake Medicine! You may not be able read this, but this is my first attempt at vandalism. Vandalism …

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Chiropractic Pseudo-Science

September 6, 2010

It’s Everywhere… The picture on the right was taken yesterday at the Highlander games in Waukesha, Wisconsin. I was pretty …

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Balance Bracelet Bogus

June 15, 2010

You Paid How Much for That? I was watching the NBA finals the other day and I was wondering what …

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