An Open Letter to Animal Planet: Learn The Difference Between Real and Fake Monsters
This post was originally published on my new Scientific American blog, Overthinking It Dear Animal Planet: All monsters are not …
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Small Study of Reflexology Finds Nothing, Headline Should Read
This post was originally published on Randi.org If alternative medicine wants to be taken more seriously, the studies must be …
Coincidences Are Meaningful, Just Not Like That
This post was originally published on Randi.org “A coincidence is like a magic trick. There is an instant tension between …
Science in Aggregate: Week 15
I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this science/pop culture goodness. You can find the thousands …
SkyMall Bugs Me
This post originally appeared on Randi.org SkyMall bugs me. It bugs me not just because it sells a helmet lined …
An Introduction to Critical Thinking: Science and Skepticism 101
My workshop from last year’s Amaz!ng Meeting, a conference focusing on science and skepticism, has finally been posted! In it …
Taking the Lift Out of Street Levitation, with Physics!
This post originally appeared on Randi.org A few weeks ago, Michael Shermer, founder of Skeptic Magazine and the Skeptics Society, …
Does Mother Nature Always Know What’s Best?
There has always been a lot of arguing over “organic” and “natural” foods. Recently, the brunt of this arguing came …
Science in Aggregate: Week 44
I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this science/pop culture goodness. You can find the hundreds …
Happy Carl Sagan Day!
Carl Sagan, astronomer, communicator, author, intellectual, and skeptic, was a personification of all the things that we love about science, …
Live Manga Doodles!
In late October manga artist Sara Mayhew and I hung out on Google+. Every month Sara takes donations to do …
Belonging and Bouncing
As a community that regularly fights over labels, what we choose to call ourselves is a fluid concept. To us, …
There Is Nothing Wrong With “I Don’t Know”
Though we are a diverse, independent, and freethinking group, we do not escape the trappings of tribalism. We gather around …
What Are the Chances that You are Dreaming Right Now?
An interesting article has been making the rounds, stating that “There’s a One in Ten Chance You are Dreaming Right …
Skepticism and The Second Enlightenment
The information age has brought along with it the perils of having a fallible mind. Pseudosciences, scams, hoaxes, frauds, and …
The Skeptical Disconnect Redux
“I think I have you skeptics figured out,” he said with a cautious smirk. “For you this isn’t about the …
The Great “Detox” Deception
Perhaps it is a product of the “green/natural/organic” movement, but there seems to be a war on chemicals in the …
The Opposite of Debunking
As a skeptic, I am faced with what I will call the “Debunker’s Dilemma.” Because there is such an incredible …
It’s ridiculous if we are the visitors
Let’s put ourselves in the position that we so often put the fabled alien visitors that the more credulous among …
Cell Phones and Health Hazards
Good news everyone! I have started writing for Nature! More specifically, I have just published a guest post on one …
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