Conversion Therapy Fails to ‘Pray Away the Gay’
Reparative or conversion therapy's efforts to "pray away the gay" come a cropper when examined with a skeptical eye.
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Psychic Detectives Have a Perfect Record
The idea that legions of psychics are helping police solve crimes around the world is based on, well, nothing.
Applying Healthy Skepticism to Healthy Foods
When superfoods like blueberries, pomegranates, açai, green tea sound a little too amazing, it might be time to take a closer look.
It’s the (Alleged) End of the World as We Know It
A couple of prominent end-of-the-world predictions may or may not come to pass, but lots of people promoting them are betting your bottom dollar they won't.
What Do Osama bin Laden and Paul McCartney Have in Common?
Conspiracy theorists have already emerged from the woodwork asking if bin Laden is really dead, or if he was dead already. Don't be fooled.
Understanding Popular Uses of Percentages
While "figures lie and liars figure," that's no reason not to pay attention to some basic facts about common numerical comparisons.
Homeopathy Not All It’s Quacked Up to Be
Professional skeptic James Randi's offer to pay a million dollars to the maker of any homeopathic remedy that actually works points out the logical fallacies in this branch of 'medicine.'
An Anti-Science Mania Takes Over GOP
Being vocally anti-science has become a defining mark of a current style of politics, an intentional ignorance that recalls the Scopes Monkey Trial, argues law professor Robert Benson.
Wording Change Softens Global Warming Skeptics
New research finds Republicans scoff at "global warming," but are much more receptive to the notion of "climate change."
Is It Hot in Here? Or Is the Climate Changing?
What’s one way to convert climate change skeptics? By making them sweat.