ECT Follow-up: Chemtrails and Vinegar
I’m writing this follow up to my previous post about chemtrails because I feel that this information needs to be known about a certain myth about this myth, and that is that vinegar can remove...
View ArticleWhy Do So Many Cultures Have a Version of Bigfoot?
More than a quarter of Americans believe in Bigfoot, a recent poll found. They claim this legendary bipedal ape, a “long lost relative” of humans, evades detection in remote woodland areas. Although it...
View Article2012 Doomsday Myths Debunked by NASA
According to a recent poll, 10 percent of people around the globe worry that the world will end on Dec. 21, 2012, as some spurious interpretations of the Mayans’ long-count calendar predict. The...
View ArticleOf Elves, Abductions, and fake News Stories
By The Locke via The Soap Box The other day I came across this very strange “news” story on an blog that’s been going around the internet about a Danish anthropologist by the name of Kalena...
View ArticleGMO foods transfer DNA to humans – another myth
via skepticalraptor Here we go again. A pseudoscience pushing website (which occasionally tosses in stories about real science) is trumpeting a primary research study (published 6 months ago) that may,...
View ArticleThe final nail in the coffin of the vaccine causes autism myth
Via Skeptical Raptor If you know none of the details of the antivaccination lunacy, then your education should start with the perpetrator of one of the greatest scientific frauds, Mr. Andy Wakefield....
View Article5 Things I’ve noticed about… Truthers
By The Locke via The Soap Box Truther, a term that came from the 9/11 Truth movement, but has become more than just an ironic and demeaning term for 9/11 conspiracy theorists. A Truther can be someone...
View ArticleAhnenerbe: The Nazi Quest For Lost Civilizations
Via Stuff They Don’t Want You to Know It sounds like something out of the Uncharted series, but it’s true: the Nazi party poured millions into a quest to discover lost civilizations. Filed under:...
View Article10 Mind-Boggling Medical Conspiracy Theories
By Marc V. via Listverse Since there now seems to be a conspiracy theory for even the most mundane of topics, it’s not surprising that the medical profession is currently swimming in them. In a field...
View ArticleAbout that tryptophan and turkey making you sleepy – not so fast
Via Skeptical Raptor’s Blog A tiny handful of countries, most notably the US and Canada, celebrate a holiday called Thanksgiving. In the USA, the holiday is held on the fourth Thursday in November and...
View ArticleThe Myth of Big, Bad Gluten
By MOISES VELASQUEZ-MANOFF via The New York Times AS many as one in three Americans tries to avoid gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye. Gluten-free menus, gluten-free labels and...
View ArticleConspiracy-Riddled ‘Jade Helm’ Operation Quietly Ends
Source: Discovery News The military exercise Jade Helm 15 concluded earlier this week without the much-discussed government takeover that conspiracy theorists had warned was imminent. The eight-week...
View ArticleIs The Bermuda Triangle Home To Atlantis?
The Bermuda Triangle has the reputation as the home of numerous disasters and disappearances, but could it also be home to the lost city of Atlantis?
View ArticleDebunking the Pyramids of Antarctica Myth
By Dean Traylor via Owlcation I guess if you squint your eyes you’ll see the pyramid. Sometimes, the best way to debunk a story is to read it. Case in point: The story about the discovery of ancient...
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