Hokum-Balderdash Assay

Who would've thought that something as trivial as when to stand and when to kneel would still be up for debate? Well, some Cathol...

Remember psychic judge Florentino Floro? He was booted out of office by the Supreme Court. Apparently, he's now hunting down those who ...

The Rat visits Auschwitz and puts on a act: "To speak in this place of horror, in this place where unprecedented mass crimes were comm...

I think most of us intuitively understand that the final arbiter in any argument as to whether X is true or false, exists or does not exist ...

From Quackwatch : Comprehensive dietary supplement reports issued . The National Institutes of Health has drafted a "state-of-the-scien...

Imagine you've been under the weather lately. You've popped OTC analgesics, antipyretics, and what have you. Half a week has gone b...

Remember the hominid dwarf ( Homo floresiensis ) found in Indonesia a couple of years ago? Well, it may be that the "hobbit" isn...

Dr. Massimo Pigliucci has a wonderful synopsis of the fascinating workings of the brain as unveiled to us by Cordelia Fine. Two findings st...

In Baghdad religious militias are busy hunting down and snuffing out gays. And the casualty list is growing. However, not content with thei...

Just learned from the Bad Astronomer that Time has autism as its cover story. The article starts off with anecdotal evidence for facilit...

CSICOP's Joe Nickell reports that the (in)famous film of an alleged Roswell alien autopsy may be about to be shelved for good. Someone...

Shoot! I'm only 77% atheist ?! The Ardent Atheist The results are in, and it appears that you have scored 77%... You are an atheist, pur...

Catholics beware. Praying may be hazardous to your health. Five Mexican children were killed when a large metal cross they were praying a...

Imagine courts being presided over by judges such at this. Judge [Florentino] Floro, who was appointed RTC [Regional Trial Court] Judge in ...

Here's a little exercise. Let's say that to our horror our toddler has just ingested a spoonful of rat poison pellets we've so c...

Here's the abstract from that study . The relationship between date of birth and individual differences in personality and general intel...

Thousands of years since it was cooked up and that pseudoscientific poppycock astrology is still around infesting minds. About a year ago th...

Bob Park informs us that Islam is going high tech. Malaysia is preparing to send one of its citizens to the ISS in 2007 on a Russian missio...

Yet another well-meaning but deluded individual: At 9 a.m. Saturday [April 29, 2006] at Eden Park's Mirror Lake, tai chi teacher Vince ...

Gary Schwartz has taken scientific protocol to new heights. We've all heard of double blind studies. To further improve the reliability ...