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An Open Letter to Animal Planet: Learn The Difference Between Real and Fake Monsters

May 28, 2013

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

May 16, 2013

This post was originally published on Randi.org If alternative medicine wants to be taken more seriously, the studies must be …

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Coincidences Are Meaningful, Just Not Like That

April 20, 2013

This post was originally published on Randi.org “A coincidence is like a magic trick. There is an instant tension between …

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Science in Aggregate: Week 15

April 14, 2013

I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this science/pop culture goodness. You can find the thousands …

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SkyMall Bugs Me

March 8, 2013

This post originally appeared on Randi.org SkyMall bugs me. It bugs me not just because it sells a helmet lined …

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An Introduction to Critical Thinking: Science and Skepticism 101

January 4, 2013

My workshop from last year’s Amaz!ng Meeting, a conference focusing on science and skepticism, has finally been posted! In it …

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Taking the Lift Out of Street Levitation, with Physics!

December 13, 2012

This post originally appeared on Randi.org A few weeks ago, Michael Shermer, founder of Skeptic Magazine and the Skeptics Society, …

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Does Mother Nature Always Know What’s Best?

December 11, 2012

There has always been a lot of arguing over “organic” and “natural” foods. Recently, the brunt of this arguing came …

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Science in Aggregate: Week 44

November 11, 2012

I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this science/pop culture goodness. You can find the hundreds …

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Happy Carl Sagan Day!

November 9, 2012

Carl Sagan, astronomer, communicator, author, intellectual, and skeptic, was a personification of all the things that we love about science, …

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Live Manga Doodles!

October 25, 2012

In late October manga artist Sara Mayhew and I hung out on Google+. Every month Sara takes donations to do …

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Belonging and Bouncing

August 31, 2012

As a community that regularly fights over labels, what we choose to call ourselves is a fluid concept. To us, …

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There Is Nothing Wrong With “I Don’t Know”

August 16, 2012

Though we are a diverse, independent, and freethinking group, we do not escape the trappings of tribalism. We gather around …

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What Are the Chances that You are Dreaming Right Now?

July 30, 2012

An interesting article has been making the rounds, stating that “There’s a One in Ten Chance You are Dreaming Right …

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Skepticism and The Second Enlightenment

July 26, 2012

The information age has brought along with it the perils of having a fallible mind. Pseudosciences, scams, hoaxes, frauds, and …

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The Skeptical Disconnect Redux

July 20, 2012

“I think I have you skeptics figured out,” he said with a cautious smirk. “For you this isn’t about the …

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The Great “Detox” Deception

July 10, 2012

Perhaps it is a product of the “green/natural/organic” movement, but there seems to be a war on chemicals in the …

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The Opposite of Debunking

July 5, 2012

As a skeptic, I am faced with what I will call the “Debunker’s Dilemma.” Because there is such an incredible …

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It’s ridiculous if we are the visitors

June 15, 2012

Let’s put ourselves in the position that we so often put the fabled alien visitors that the more credulous among …

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Cell Phones and Health Hazards

June 12, 2012

Good news everyone! I have started writing for Nature! More specifically, I have just published a guest post on one …

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Kyle Hill is a science writer and communicator who specializes in finding the secret science in your favorite fandom. His work has appeared in Wired, The Boston Globe, Scientific American, Popular Science, Discover Magazine, and more. He is a TV correspondent for Al Jazeera America's science and technology show TechKnow.

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