Monthly Archives: September 2011

Decoded

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Guy McCardle

For a few months now I’ve been watching “Brad Meltzer’s Decoded” on the History Channel.  I thought I’d get in my review of season one now since season two is scheduled to premiere October 5th at 10 PM.  What drew … Continue reading →

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Treat Your Acne with Science, at Home

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Brian Dunning

Amazing new all-natural acne treatment! Just get out your credit card, and… Oh, wait, no. You don’t need a credit card for this. In fact, you can be treating your pimples (assuming you have some) in the next five minutes, … Continue reading →

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How Does a Skeptic Lose Weight?

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Craig Good

Late last year I decided I was carrying around more flab than I wanted. I was already ten plus pounds below the peak weight I hit a dozen years ago (it turns out that when your wife gets pregnant you … Continue reading →

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Science Fiction Predictions That Came True

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Guy McCardle

Today it is not all that uncommon to be shopping at your local Wal-Mart and see items that could only be found in science fiction movies just a few years ago (3D TV I’m looking at you).  Science and technology … Continue reading →

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Debunked!

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Guy McCardle

The term ‘debunk’ originated in the 1923 novel Bunk, by American novelist William Woodward, who used it to mean to “take the bunk out of things.”  A debunker is one who pulls away the curtain exposing the true nature of … Continue reading →

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Michelle Bachmann and the HPV vaccine. The only victim is our health.

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Cath Murphy

What happens when you mix together an aspiring politician, a vaccination campaign and the opportunity to score points off an adversary? You get Michelle Bachmann claiming that the vaccine against HPV, a vaccine which has been administered over 35 million … Continue reading →

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Doing Good

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Brian Dunning

I am humbled by most of my friends in one way or another, but few more so than Malia Cong. As a photographer, she has, for a long time, been donating photography and media services to one of her favorite … Continue reading →

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Homeopathy: A drop in 10 Billion Oceans

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Guy McCardle

Ask the average person on the street if they know what Homeopathy is and more likely than not they’ll say something to the effect that it is natural, or herbal, medicine.  A quick unscientific survey of my own fairly well … Continue reading →

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Broken Mustangs

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Brian Dunning

Fans of aviation and the families of the dead and injured are mourning the September 16, 2011 crash of Jimmy Leeward’s Galloping Ghost at the National Air Races in Reno, Nevada. Ten were killed including Leeward, and some seventy were … Continue reading →

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More Old-Timey Medical Nonsense

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Guy McCardle

If there is one thing I like it is old-time medical literature.  I enjoy the journal articles, popular media pieces and advertisements.  Guess I’m kind of a geek like that.  Today, I’ve chosen five items that I feel the Skeptoid … Continue reading →

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