Category Archives: Events

8.13.2012

by Brian Dunning

Kinesio Tape: The Evidence

This evening I was browsing through some of the many articles online about Kinesio Tape, the alternative medicine sports product that has seen so much exposure in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games due, according to the articles, to the / read more…

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8.1.2012

by Brian Dunning

Your Brain Sucks …in Omaha

This weekend, in Omaha Nebraska, I will make your brain fail. Guaranteed. As human beings, it’s natural for us to think that what we experience represents what actually happened. And, in broad general strokes, it usually does, pretty much. But / read more…

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7.3.2012

by Brian Dunning

My Embarrassing Moment at SETIcon

Last week over at SkepticBlog, I wrote up a piece about my trip to SETIcon, the annual space exploration conference put on by the SETI Institute. No need to repeat here all my gushing about how awesome it was, but / read more…

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6.1.2012

by Guy McCardle

Murder, Torture and Religion

Murder and torture are as old as mankind.  Ever since man first invented the club he probably used it to kill another caveman.  Murder in the name of religion probably wasn’t very far behind.  Overzealous faith has been used as / read more…

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5.24.2012

by Brian Dunning

And the Winning T-Shirt Design Is…

The judging committee has met, thrown back an Irish beer or three, and torn through a pile of more than 50 contest entries. In going through them all, we found a great diversity of artistic styles and messaging. Some had / read more…

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5.14.2012

by Brian Dunning

Dalai Lama: Savior, or Selfish Jerk?

So this week, the London bureau of CNN reported: The Dalai Lama refused to answer a question Monday about whether Tibetan monks should stop setting themselves on fire to protest China’s occupation of Tibet. “No answer,” he said, saying it / read more…

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5.1.2012

by Brian Dunning

Skeptoid T-Shirt Contest

Skeptoid needs new T-shirts. Although I’m really happy with those that we already have, we need to expand the collection into designs that are more commercial, and that people will actually want to wear around in public and look sharp / read more…

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4.27.2012

by Brian Dunning

Hypersonic HTV-2 bails at Mach 20

Following a seven-month scientific investigation, DARPA has released the cause of the early termination of the Mach 20 flight of the HTV-2 hypersonic flight last August. The HTV-2 is an unpowered glide test vehicle, accelerated to Mach 20 (21,000 kph, / read more…

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3.20.2012

by Brian Dunning

More Amelia Earhart Nonsense

As I went into great detail in my Skeptoid episode about the fate of Amelia Earhart, she and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared in 1937 off Howland Island in the south Pacific when they ran out of fuel in the immediate / read more…

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3.5.2012

by Brian Dunning

Psychic Prediction: Rush Limbaugh’s Advertisers Will Be Back

I just want to get this psychic prediction on record, so James Randi can award me the million dollars. In the wake of yet another outpouring of popular furor over Rush Limbaugh’s offensive comments, advertisers including AOL, Sleep Number, The Sleep / read more…

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