-
+7 +2
A Study in Journalistic Skepticism: Cell Phones and Cancer
A study suggesting a link between cell phone radiation and tumor growth in rats was rightly covered with skepticism — but reporters should keep open minds. By Paul Raeburn. (June 24, 2016)
-
+24 +5
When Someone You Love Dies in Police Custody and They Blame ‘Excited Delirium’ States
Many cops are taught that some people lose it, gain superhuman strength, and die. But is the condition real? By Tana Ganeva. (May 5, 2016)
-
+35 +5
Has dogma derailed the scientific search for dark matter?
The case for dark matter is regarded as so overwhelming that its existence is often reported as fact. Lately, though, cracks of doubt have started to appear… By Pavel Kroupa. (Nov. 25, 2016)
-
+13 +2
A Critique of ‘False and Misleading’ White House Claims About Syria’s Use of Lethal Gas
The Trump administration’s official narrative—produced by the National Security Council under the oversight of national security adviser H.R. McMaster—was produced without input from the professional intelligence community, a weapons expert from MIT writes.
-
+43 +16
Fake News About a Secret Nazi UFO Base In Antarctica Refuses to Die
This researcher at Cambridge has a PhD and still had to take time to prove why the Nazi Antarctic UFO base is a hoax. By Daniel Oberhaus.
-
+16 +2
The 10 weirdest physics facts, from relativity to quantum physics
People who think science is dull are wrong. Here are 10 reasons why. By Tom Chivers (Nov. 12, 2009)
-
+29 +3
Doubts Cloud Claims of Metallic Hydrogen
A new study reports the compression of hydrogen gas to a metallic state, but skeptics are unconvinced. By Davide Castelvecchi.
-
+27 +7
Where the Wild Things Are: Anomalies and the Poverty of Critical Thinking
“People tend to say ‘I like independent thinkers but they must think what I want them to think independently’” – Rassool Jibraeel Snyman.
-
+22 +6
Tarantulas May Be ‘Right-Handed’
Once thought uniquely human, a preference for the right or left side seems to also occur among wild animals. By Joshua Rapp.
-
+5 +1
Fertility company Ovascience is struggling to survive
A pioneering biotech scales back plans to rejuvenate women’s eggs for IVF. By Karen Weintraub. (Dec. 29, 2016)
-
+30 +5
Why bees could be the secret to superhuman intelligence
A tool inspired by swarming insects is helping people predict the future - making groups of people smarter than their members are by themselves. By Simon Oxenham.
-
+37 +7
How to Convince Someone When Facts Fail
Why worldview threats undermine evidence. By Michael Shermer.
-
+30 +5
I’m a Scientist, and I Don’t Believe in Facts
The benefits of a post-truth society. By Julia Shaw.
-
+44 +6
Fake Science News Is Just As Bad As Fake News
A Canadian journalist set out to get a fake article published in a scientific journal. By Bryson Masse.
-
+18 +4
NASA’s EM-drive still a WTF-thruster
New paper generates more noise than experimental thrust. By Chris Lee.
-
+16 +5
A Bigfoot hunter on how to have smart political discourse
Ranae Holland, a host of Animal Planet’s “Finding Bigfoot,” had a sense Hillary Clinton wouldn’t win the election. By Bill Radke and Matt Martin.
-
+9 +2
Scientists Turned Carbon Dioxide Into Solid Rock In 2 Years
Researchers have injected carbon dioxide into basalt and turned it into solid rock in two years. This effort offers a potential solution for curbing the high carbon gas emissions in our atmosphere. By Susmita Baral.
-
+17 +5
When the Devil Enters
A town plagued by mysterious fires turns to science, the church, and the law in a search for answers. By Ariel Ramchandani.
-
+6 +1
The Broken Technology of Ghost Hunting
The best tools for tracking down spirits have always been the ones fallible enough to find something.
-
+14 +3
The Fact and Fiction of the NASA EmDrive Paper Leak
Mach effect pioneer James Woodward breaks down the significance of a leaked paper detailing the successful test run of NASA’s ‘impossible engine.’ By Daniel Oberhaus.
Submit a link
Start a discussion