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Author Archives: Mike Weaver
Miniature Skeleton: Not an alien
I saw this report last week. The buzz was up about Ata, a tiny (12cm) skeleton found about 10 years ago in the Atacama desert in Chile. The story of Ata has come to light with a recent UFO documentary, / read more…
Posted in Cool Stuff / Paranormal / Science
The harm in psychics
When we go to bat against people who prey on fear, uncertainty, grief, and ignorance, such as many psychics, we often hear “What’s the harm? If it makes people feel better, let them find their comfort” or something to that / read more…
Posted in Events / New Age / Paranormal
Alexandria’s Genesis
My daughter asked me the other day if there was such a condition as “Alexandria’s Genesis.” Apparently stories of this rare, genetic mutation were going around at school and on her social media sites. The claims for this mutation are / read more…
Posted in New Age / Paranormal / Pseudoscience / Urban Legends
That Big Foot…
The internets are abuzz today about a large, decomposing foot found by two boys in Massachusetts last month. Why this is breaking now, I do not know. Let’s take a look at this claimed “Bigfoot” foot.
Posted in Uncategorized
IMO: UFOs and Alien Visitation
In this installment of IMO (in my opinion), let’s talk a bit about UFOs and alien visitation. UFOs, in this context, doesn’t exactly mean “Unidentified Flying Objects” but rather “Alien Spacecraft” (or possibly government experimental craft, time travelers, inter-dimensional travelers, I’m going to stick / read more…
Posted in Conspiracy Theories / Paranormal / Science / Space / Urban Legends
PSA: Fake Academic Journals
We in the science and skeptic community value peer-reviewed, scientific journal articles as being a reasonably high quality source of evidence and science. We use these articles to make a point, to inform our decisions, and to keep abreast of / read more…
IMO: Definitions
This article marks the first of a new series of editorial pieces. The IMO (In My Opinion) articles will represent my personal thoughts and opinions on items which, hopefully, are of some interest to the Skeptoid community. This articles do / read more…
LENR: A bright future? Part 2
It’s time to close out my look at LENR. Join me as we take a look at the Weak Nuclear Force, the Weak Interaction Theory and chase down a few references provided by commenters of the last article.
Posted in Energy / Science / Technology
Ghost Illusions From Metamaterials
Researchers at the National University of Singapore have released details from an upcoming paper (to be published in the journal Advanced Functional Materials this month) about using metamaterials to generate controlled “ghost” images of an object. While not yet done / read more…
Posted in Cool Stuff / Science / Technology
LENR: A bright future? Part 1
Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR) is the current label used for the troubled concept of cold fusion. Cold fusion was brought into the public conciousness by two scientists, Pons and Fleischmann, who announced directly to the public that they had / read more…
Posted in Energy / Pseudoscience / Science / Technology
Tagged in LENR
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