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Category Archives: Science
What is Your Telo-age?
After an extended break from blogging here on Skeptoid, a recent run of commercials on television offering to check your “cellular age” has inspired my interest enough to bring back a skeptical eye to boutique health claims. The advertisements promote … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Science, Technology, TV & Media
Tagged genes, Genetic Aging, genetics, health, Stephen Propatier, Telo-age, telomere loss
3 Comments
Could We Find Nessie’s DNA?
True confessions time: I love me some cryptids—love, love, love them. I watched In Search Of… obsessively when I was a kid, and read everything I could find about any and all creatures that I could find. Bigfoot, the Skunk Ape, the Abominable Snowman, … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Stuff, Nature, Science
Tagged cryptozoology, dna, Loch Ness, Richard Gant, science
8 Comments
Like They Do on The Discovery Channel
‘Sweet youth, Tell me why, sad and sighing, thou dost rove These pleasent realms? I pray thee speak me sooth What is thy name?’ He said, ‘My name is Love.’ Then straight the first did turn himself to me And … Continue reading
Let’s Talk About Sex
Well. That’s a headline that catches the eye, isn’t it? Sexual orientation and gender identity are all over the news right now, and have been for… well, since ever. It’s a politically charged topic, and everyone—everyone—has an opinion on the … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Science
Tagged education, gender, health, medicine, Richard Gant, science, sex
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Mythbusters topics, from the Skeptoid files
Awesomely, a new season of Mythbusters is afoot, with new hosts Brian Louden and Jon Lung. They were selected by winning Mythbusters: The Search hosted by Skeptoid friend Kyle Hill (you may have also noted Skeptoid Media’s The Feeding Tube … Continue reading
If Vaccines Work…?
I… I can’t even believe I’m writing this. That image up there showed up in my Facebook feed, posted by a smug JAQer who—I assume—hates the idea of health and not dying of horrible diseases. And who possibly hates children as … Continue reading
Do Not Try This Paleo Diet
Cannibalism is of one those topics that automatically gets a lot of eyeballs and clicks on the Internet. I’m sure there are a lot of psychological and sociological hypotheses to explain this but that’s not why I’m bringing up the subject. I want … Continue reading
Posted in History, Science
Tagged Bruno van de Casteele, cannibalism, evolution, Goyet, neanderthal, Paleo Diet
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Zika: Truth, Rumors and Misconceptions
The Zika virus is very serious business, but am I the only person who when they hear the word “Zika” think of the vile tasting clear adult beverage “Zima” that was popular during the wine cooler craze of the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Health, Nature, Science
Tagged Aedes aegypti, Brazil, genetic engineering, microcephaly, mosquitoes, zika
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Alternative Medicine and the Post-Hoc Rationalization
If you follow me on the Skeptoid blog you’ll find that I take a dim view of complementary and alternative medicine. My opinion is based primarily on a rational evaluation of the research. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), as a whole, … Continue reading
Theranos: Marketing Trumps Science
When I first heard of Theranos and its diagnostic testing breakthrough there were no immediate alarm bells or red flags that caused me to look closely. I was impressed. It appeared to be a elegant incremental improvement to diagnostic testing. I assumed, … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Ripoffs, Science, Technology
Tagged blood tests, edison machine, marketing, Stephen Propatier, Theranos
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