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Conspiracy Theory Roundup (February 9, 2013)
by Robert Blaskiewicz
This Week in Conspiracy
February 26, 2013
The Conspiracy Theory Roundup is an ongoing series of news items from around the web relevant to connoisseurs of conspiracism.
13 Is Their Lucky Number
by Jim Underdown
February 13, 2013
The IIG is—we believe—the largest paranormal investigations team in the world. With affiliate groups in several states and a Canadian province, we are in the process of creating an international network of trained investigators who will not only look into paranormal, fringe science, and extraordinary claims in their own regions, but also administer the IIG $50,000 Challenge.
Bill Cooke Visits CFI-Kenya
by George Ongere
February 6, 2013
From January 7 to 11, our current Director of International Programs at CFI, Bill Cooke, visited Kenya to have a look at the expansive programs CFI-Kenya has been undertaking.
The Birthday Of Burzynski – Skeptics Fundraise For St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
by Kylie Sturgess
Curiouser and Curiouser
February 1, 2013
On January 23, the Skeptics for the Protection of Cancer Patients delivered a birthday present to Houston cancer quack Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski and the Burzynski Clinic: a donation of around $13,000 raised in his name to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – with a request that the clinic match those funds for the hospital.
The Trouble with Pseudoscience—It Can Be a Catastrophe
by Sharon Hill
Sounds Sciencey
January 30, 2013
Pseudoscience is what one might call a two-dollar word. Skeptics often throw it around because of its weightiness and the values it transmits. We need to talk about this word, where it came from, and why we should be cautious about using it.
Stuff You Should Know TV
by LaRae Meadows
January 28, 2013
Ever wonder what the love child of the British version of The Office and an overheard conversation about science between two reasonably informed guys would grow up to be? Ok, maybe not, but Stuff You Should Know will answer the question anyway.
Carcajadas contra creencias
by Luis Alfonso Gámez
¡Paparruchas!
January 23, 2013
El humor es una magnífica herramienta no sólo para la divulgación del conocimiento, sino también en la lucha contra la pseudociencia, donde tan importante es tener razón como que parezca que uno la tiene.
The House of Skeptics Serves Psi (And Crow)
by Ben Radford
January 18, 2013
A review of Science & Psychic Phenomena: The Fall of the House of Skeptics, by Chris Carter.
One Young Man’s Struggle against Louisiana’s Creationist Lobby
by Zack Kopplin
January 17, 2013
When I became a senior in high school, I finally recognized that no one had launched a repeal of the LSEA and no one was going to. For my high school senior project, I decided I had to stand up and take on creationism in Louisiana. I partnered with Senator Karen Carter Peterson, who has now sponsored two bills to repeal the LSEA.
In the Media: 2012 Activities of Joe Nickell
by Joe Nickell
January 16, 2013
CSI’s Senior Research Fellow, Joe Nickell, continued his work investigating the world’s strangest mysteries.
