Science, News & Critical Thinking.

Doom From Above (according to Fox news)

I came across this little gem this morning. http://www.fox13now.com/news/kstu-narrow-miss-by-space-mass-2010al30,0,5025749.story You will notice the NASA ambassador interviewed in the video clip viewed the event as pretty minor and nothing to freak out about. But to read the article on this page associated with the video clip and you would think we’re all...

News, scams, and herbal supplements

Recently some vitamin supplement scams have been passed off as legitimate news articles from reputable-looking sites. Here are two examples: http://www.news3news.com/wpo4.html http://www.channel7daily.com/ You may notice that every link you click on takes you to the same product page, regardless of whether you want to check the latest hockey scores or the local...

Water, The Miracle Liquid!

Well now, isn’t this interesting? It seems like people can get funding for anything these days. I know this video is a couple of years old, but I’m amazed that people are still willing to believe in this type of mystical ‘science’. I first got wind of this “miracle of water” experiment, after seeing a small segment on...

A critical presentation on Open Mindedness

I found this little gem on the skeptoid website. It’s put together by a guy named Doug out of the UK. It’s a really friendly approach to critical thinking. I love the 50’s style animations to describe these concepts.  If you’re interested in this style of presentation he has a bunch of stuff available on his YouTube page at QualiaSoup....