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Indian Idol
by Austin Dacey
Circumnavigations
June 25, 2012
The case against Sanal Edamaruku reveals the inherent flaws in legally protecting “religious feelings.”
Tim McVeigh’s Must-Read List: The Turner Diaries
by Robert Blaskiewicz
The Conspiracy Guy
June 20, 2012
Demographic and social changes, augmented by an entrenched and politically active nativist movement that targets illegal immigrants, should encourage our awareness of the ideological fountain from which the racist subset of these militias draw, including The Turner Diaries.
Bigfoot Collection
by LaRae Meadows
June 13, 2012
Called the gateway to Bigfoot country, the starting point of The Bigfoot Scenic Byway, home of the Bigfoot Collection at the Willow Creek-China Flat Museum, and Bigfoot hotspot, Willow Creek is the home of the best evidence for the existence of Bigfoot ever collected.
Leo Igwe—The Constant Fight Against Irrationality
by Kylie Sturgess
Curiouser and Curiouser
June 6, 2012
Interview from the Sixth World Skeptics Congress, Berlin
Resolution: Scientific Standards in Academia and Education
by CSI, ECSO and GWUP
May 31, 2012
At the occasion of the 6th World Skeptics Congress in Berlin, CSI, ECSO and GWUP adopted a resolution calling for high standards of scientific practice in scientific institutions and in science education.
Bad Reaction: The Toxicity of Chemical-Free Claims
by Sharon Hill
Sounds Sciencey
May 25, 2012
I had a startling realization a few years ago: I discovered that not everyone thinks science is good for humanity. How can that be? Scientific discovery makes our lives better, richer, longer, and healthier.
The Downloadable Revelation
by Austin Dacey
Circumnavigations
May 21, 2012
How do you treat your iPhone when it contains the iQuran?
Out of Mind? Out of Sight!
by Robert Blaskiewicz
The Conspiracy Guy
May 17, 2012
The source of the dread, foreboding, or control that conspiracy theorists sense is often outside the range of the normal experience of everyday life, which in no way diminishes the sense of a real threat. Therefore, they locate the locus of power just beyond the normal citizen's perceptual range. . . .
Mythbusting Makeup: Skepticism and Cosmetic Claims
by Kylie Sturgess
Curiouser and Curiouser
May 9, 2012
There’s two things the general public are guaranteed to be concerned about: their health and the contents of their wallets. Yet somehow we are drawn to claims that you can make your thighs thin via a tube of goop and eagerly purchase promises of perfect complexions through using gunk best slapped on with a spatula.
SkeptiCal 2012
by LaRae Meadows
May 4, 2012
SkeptiCal, a one day conference billed as Northern California's science and skepticism conference, was host to more than 260 skeptics at the DoubleTree Hotel in Berkeley, California on April 21, 2012.
