I’m quoted in a new Discovery News piece about the Boston marathon conspiracies… You can read it HERE.
Apr 232013
Apr 202013
I was recently a guest on The Big Mad Morning Show on Tulsa’s 97.5 rock station KMOD, talking about the Loch Ness Monster and some of my other lake monster investigations. It’s about 15 minutes long. You can listen to the whole interview here (mp3).
Apr 192013
My column on conspiracy theories by different political parties went up at LiveScience.com last week.
A new national poll reveals that Americans differ along political party lines even in their endorsement of conspiracy theories, including the belief that President Obama is the Anti-Christ and the idea that global warming is a hoax…. You can read it HERE.
Apr 152013
Here’s my new Discovery News piece about an upcoming “documentary” UFO film including a dubious autopsy of a tiny alien/leprechaun body. You can read it HERE.
Real alien or real hoax? You decide!
Apr 122013
My article on conspiracy theories was referenced in a recent Space.com piece; you can read it HERE.
All sorts of conspiracy stuff out there!
Apr 102013
My research on sex offenders and the news media, published in my 2003 book Media Mythmakers: How Journalists, Activists, and Advertisers Mislead Us, was recently quoted in a report from the New York Law School… You can read the full report HERE, it’s actually pretty interesting.
Apr 082013
There are several claimed types of psychic powers, including precognition (knowing future events before they happen); pyrokinesis (creating fire with the mind, popularized in Stephen King’s novel and film “Firestarter”); and telepathy (describing things at a remote location). Among the most dramatic of these is telekinesis (also called psychokinesis, or PK), the ability to move objects through mind power. Though many Americans believe in psychic ability (about 15 percent of us, according to a 2005 Baylor Religion Survey), scientific evidence for its existence remains elusive.
I recently wrote about this for LiveScience.com; you can read the story HERE.
Apr 052013
I recently wrote about penis-theft panics for LiveScience.com. I’d written about it before, for example in the book I co-authored with Bob Bartholomew, “Hoaxes, Myths, and Manias: Why We Need Critical Thinking,” and I included it in a talk I gave last year on mass hysterias at a skeptics conference. It’s an interesting subject that always gets people tittering…
You can read my recent story HERE.
Apr 022013
In many countries throughout the world belief in witches is common, and black magic is considered part of everyday life. A 2010 poll of 18 countries in sub-Saharan Africa found that over half of the population believe in magic. Witch doctors are consulted not only for healing diseases, but also for placing, or removing, curses or bringing luck….
I recently wrote a piece about this for Discovery News; you can read it HERE.
Mar 312013
Sharon Hill, editor and writer of the ever-useful site DoubtfulNews.com, has recently become a writer for the Huffington Post. Congratulations to Sharon, and I’m sure she will be spreading skepticism and critical thinking for a long time to come. You can read her first piece HERE.