Category Archives: Science

12.7.2013

by Eric Hall

I Said ‘Show Me The SCIENCE’

Writing this blog has proved to be quite the challenge. I enjoy doing it as it is greatly helping me work on being a better writer. It also is a fantastic way to educate people on the process of science, / read more…

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11.27.2013

by Stephen Propatier

Tryptophan and Other Thanksgiving Myths.

Tomorrow is the national Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. I thought it would be a good time to review some of the common myths about the holiday. Most notably the most persistent or famous ones. There will be no new ground / read more…

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Posted in Science / Urban Legends

11.26.2013

by Josh Weed

Drugs in disguise?

The study of medicine has been around in some form probably for as long as we have been recognizably human, however, ideas of how to ensure the quality and efficacy of medicines have only evolved very recently. In prescientific cultures, / read more…

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11.25.2013

by Mike Rothschild

Dire Warnings and Melting Starfish: Fukushima Fearmongering, Volume 3

This is the third in a series of pieces debunking the scaremongering and hysteria regarding the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant. I believe the anxiety about the meltdown and its aftermath comes from a mix of negativity toward nuclear / read more…

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Yes, the climate is getting warmer …

If there was any need to state it, yes the climate is getting warmer. One counter argument was that observational data showed that since 1998 the acceleration was getting slower or, according to some interpretations, did even stop. I will / read more…

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11.22.2013

by Dani Johnson

The Science Behind the Aurorae

My last post was about how various old mythologies explained the Northern and Southern Lights, so it seems appropriate to talk about the amazing science behind the aurorae, next. In short, the phenomena is caused by charged particles that stream / read more…

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Posted in Cool Stuff / Education / Nature / Science / Space

11.15.2013

by Josh DeWald

Aspartame and E. coli, oh my!

A “news item” recently came across my Facebook page which has a pretty remarkable claim:aspartame is made from E.coli feces! The even more remarkable thing: That it’s true. Sort of.

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The end of cooler forests

Let’s face it: climate change is real. If you disagree, then perhaps you are reading the wrong “skeptical” website. In any case, the science behind it is rock solid. I wrote here previously about how sometimes these scientific results show / read more…

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10.26.2013

by Eric Hall

It Is Likely This Post Will Get Anti-Science Comments

Why do I read the comments? Since taking on the task of blogging for Skeptoid, I continually read and respond to the comments. My motivation often is I hope to perhaps have someone see the difference between science and pseudoscience. / read more…

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Lead coffin leads to no results?

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the first scientific publication on finding the tomb of King Richard III, in Leicester, England. The main purpose of the dig was to find his final resting place. This is logical, as / read more…

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