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The Umpteenth Resurrection of the Loch Ness Monster

17 Aug 2022

The Loch Ness monster will simply not die, nor will its legend.

Is Your Face Betraying Your Name?

10 Aug 2022

What does an Emma look like? Is there a prototypical Emma out there against whom all other Emmas are compared?...

Belief in Conspiracy Theories Is Probably Not Getting Worse Over Time

28 Jul 2022

A question I am often asked by journalists is if more people believe in conspiracy theories now than before. Sometimes, the question is not even asked; the answer is simply inferred. Of course they...

Making Sense of Synaesthesia Is Harder Than It Looks

28 Jul 2022

Does the sound of a drill smell like bleach to you? I don鈥檛 mean that in a poetic, 鈥渢rying to be interesting鈥 kind of way. I mean, when you hear the sound of a drill, can you automatically聽smell...

The F枚gen Effect Masks a Big Methodological Issue

21 Jul 2022

Have you heard of the F枚gen effect, alternatively spelled 鈥淔oegen?鈥 It is the idea, or so goes the claim, that wearing a mask could make COVID-19 more severe. And you might be tempted to take it...

Infertility: A Diabolical Agenda Is Anti-Vaxx Sleight-of-Hand Propaganda

12 Jul 2022

There is a lot to unpack in the deceptively simple (and simply deceptive) 30-minute documentary Infertility: A Diabolical Agenda, released on June 10, 2022.

Not Seeing Eye-to-Eye With an Eye Visionary

8 Jul 2022

Being in the business of separating sense from nonsense for several decades, I have across many contemptible scams. One of the most outrageous ones entices people to fork out money for a...

Why are some Sunscreens Labelled as 鈥淩eef-Safe鈥?

30 Jun 2022

鈥淩eef-Safe鈥 on the label intends to inform the consumer that the product does not contain ingredients that may harm coral reefs. That claim, though, must be viewed with a degree of skepticism.

Harvard Psychiatrist Makes Inflated Claims About Food鈥檚 Power to Fight Mental Illness

28 Jun 2022

Looking through a microscope will make something tiny look big. It blows the teeny-weeny out of proportion. As it turns out, you don鈥檛 even need a microscope to do that.

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