The Multi-Vitamin Fallacy
As a culture of unhealthy people, we are very concerned about our diet. Not just for the calories, but also …
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“Climate Gate” is No Longer a Reason to be Ignorant about our Climate
Wallow in the political slop of bad science and misunderstanding all you want, it does not change the fact that …
Exploring the “G-Force”: Why Woodpeckers Don’t Get Concussions
The “G-force” as it is called, determines the force imparted to objects, depending on the available gravity. You may have …
Religious Make-up of 112th Congress
I thought that it might be interesting to look at how your own faith is represented in Congress this year. …
15 More Styles of Distorted Thinking
Everyone seems to love to hear about how our brains have so many faults to them, so I have done …
Rules of Rational Discussion
In the skeptical community, many times the keys to successful discussion are tone and structure. It is sad that we …
The Skeletal Price of Beauty
I’m not sure that any woman would readily subject themselves to the kind of skeletal torsion and deformation that is …
SBL Fact of the Day 2.15.11
Although the unfertilized ostrich egg may contain the heaviest single cell, at almost 3 pounds, it is not in fact …
America the Ignorant
Americans are by no means the most intelligent bunch. Shortly after WWII and some prominent decades of intellectual prowess that …
SBL Fact of the Day 2.13.11
Unlike humans, horseshoe crabs do not have hemoglobin in their blood, but instead use hemocyanin to carry oxygen. Because of …
SBL Fact of the Day 2.12.11
The length between your elbow and hand (forearm) equals the length of your foot. The wonders of developmental biology! Go …
How to Really Get Kids Interested in Science
In 2010, out of 34 tested countries, the U.S. ranks 14th in reading, 17th in science and 25th in math. …
Ricky Gervais Tells the Story of Noah’s Ark
From his latest stand-up special, Out Of England 2, here’s comedian Ricky Gervais telling the story of Noah and his …
What does a Trillion Dollars Look Like?
I know that I am overstepping my science-based boundaries with this, but as a person who is fascinated by most …
Detox Foot Pad Bogus
In 2008, Wired magazine called “detox foot adhesives” “the most appalling medical scam since magnetic immortality devices.” Now we have …
God’s Press Conference
At least he is honest… Even if you are of the religious persuasion, this is still pretty funny.
The Signs May Have Changed but Astrology is Still Bogus
With all of the recent uproar about everyone’s astrological signs changing, I thought it would be beneficial to go back …
The Internet in 2010
According to Pingdom (a website monitoring service), there were 107 trillion emails sent last year! Being of the internet generation, …
10 Common Faults in Human Cognition
It is amazing that with all the biases, logic fallacies, and flat-out mistakes that plague our brain, people are able …
Stupid Design
Does our world seem so perfect to you that it had to be created? Was then there some all-powerful designer …
