Scamming Grandma Sadly Common
Scams targeting the elderly are among the most common, but a little skepticism can keep their years golden.
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Skeptic’s Café
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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.'
Magical Elixirs and Beneficial Bracelets
Surely wrapping a hologram around my wrist in a neoprene band has got to allow me to maximize my greatest potential.
All I Want for Christmas Is the Truth
Our resident skeptic takes a look at some of the mythologizing that has arisen around the West's winter holidays, from poison plants to phantom Der Bingles.
Horoscopes — Fun But Utterly Fallible
Miller-McCune.com's resident skeptic, just as you might expect of a Scorpio, will have no truck with horoscopes or astrology.
Halloween Horrors and Common Sense
Mythology aside, not everyone who listened to that famous ‘War of the Worlds’ radio broadcast went bonkers.
Sample This: Making Sense of Surveys
There are a lot of shoddy polls out there. Some are frank about their shortcomings and some aren't. Here are some ideas for getting an accurate picture of what a poll can tell you.