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Teaching Chemistry With Homeopathy

April 4, 2013

This post was originally published on Randi.org As much as it riles up proponents of science-based medicine like myself, homeopathy …

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Kyle: Bigfoot Field Researcher

November 28, 2012

A quick photo in honor of the Bigfoot DNA “news”. As you may suspect, I do not view the “research” …

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Bill Nye the Science Guy: Pseudoscience

August 7, 2012

A wonderful episode from one of my favorite shows as a kid: What a fantastic piece of scientific advocacy, not …

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Are There Really Magnetic People?

March 14, 2012

For a long time, languishing in the backwaters of pseudoscience and the occult, there have been claims about “magnetic” people. …

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The Periodic Table of Irrational Nonsense {Image}

February 27, 2012

It’s basically a huge list of pseudoscience, bunk, nonsense, and bullshit, all organized by the level of inanity offered by …

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I get email…

January 21, 2012

Inspired by P.Z. Myers, who publishes some of the nonsense that he receives in his inbox everyday for being a …

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The Red Flags of Quackery

January 10, 2012

Via the very talented comic artists/skeptical activists Sci-ence, I present to you the red flags that everyone who is concerned …

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Summing up the nonsense that is the 2012 apocalypse {video}

January 6, 2012

Here is a great video explaining all of the nonsense that is the supposed 2012 apocalypse and I’m happy to …

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Homeopathy is Nonsense, Prove it to Yourself

December 10, 2011

Getting to the Source As I was researching for a paper on medical ethics concerning the prescription of homeopathic medicine …

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Power Balance Goes Bankrupt

November 22, 2011

One Down, Many More to Go Remember those balance bracelets I told you about? The ones that celebrities and athletes …

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Bacteria, Not “Bleeding Statues”

November 13, 2011

Though skeptics for years have been pointing out the hoaxes and religiously inspired misperceptions that constitute the belief in “weeping …

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“Balance Bracelets” Debunked by New Research

October 30, 2011

Wholeheartedly Bogus We have already talked here, here, here, and here about how and why “balance bracelets”, and any of …

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Fluoride in the Water: For Your Teeth or Government Mind Control?

October 17, 2011

A Conspiracy? Fluoridation is generally known as the addition of fluoride to the municipal water supply. However, what most people …

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Arsenic in Your Apple Juice: Why Science Says You’re Safe

September 17, 2011

Pseudoscience In The Land of Oz Dr. Oz has made some outlandish claims once again. This time, he has gone …

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The Polygraph Test: Can Science Tell if You Are Lying?

September 15, 2011

The Claims A polygraph (popularly referred to as a lie detector) measures and records several physiological indices such as blood …

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Do Vitamins Really Help Your Hair?

September 9, 2011

The Science of Shampoo There are some things hair products can do, and some things they can’t do. The most …

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Crystal Healing: Magical Cure or Just a Rock?

September 5, 2011

The news Scientists may have shattered one of the fundamental beliefs of the New Age movement: that dangling a crystal …

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Exposing the Power Balance Con

September 2, 2011

Where We Stand Even though the purveyors of Power Balance bracelets have already admitted that there is no scientific basis …

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Lack of Education Correlated With a Higher Belief in Pseudoscience

August 26, 2011

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to you that America isn’t the smartest nation. While this is due to a …

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The Antioxidant Craze: Do They Work?

August 13, 2011

“Antioxidants don’t work, but no one wants to hear it.” Simply put, we have no evidence that antioxidants are beneficial …

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