A man who sold bogus bomb detectors likened to dowsing rods in Iraq and elsewhere was convicted of fraud in a British court last week.
You might think that if the bomb-detecting devices were completely worthless, that would soon become clear to those people whose lives depended on them.
And you’d be wrong. HERE’s why.
Sharon Hill of Doubtful News reviews my latest book (with Robert Bartholomew), The Martians Have Landed, for eSkeptic!
You can read it HERE.
Can a person’s handwriting reveal their personality and aptitude for a job? That’s what many handwriting experts, called graphologists, claim — and millions of people may be denied jobs because of this controversial practice.
My article on graphology was recently posted to Discovery News; you can read it HERE.
What does a bitcoin, a uniquely 21st century electronic currency, have to do with tulips in 1630s Holland? What, exactly, happened?
Find out in my Discovery News piece HERE!
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!
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.
The belief that demons exist and can possess people is of course the stuff of fiction and horror films — but it is also one of the most widely-held religious beliefs in the world. Most religions claim that humans can be possessed by demonic spirits (the Bible, for example, recounts six instances of Jesus casting out demons), and offer exorcisms to remedy this threat.
I recently wrote an article on this topic for LiveScience.com, you can read it HERE.
A boring new study published in PLoS-ONE has riled critics who read sexism into it where none exists. Blame poor journalism and ill-informed, knee-jerk reactions by people attacking things they never bothered to read. You can read my piece on Discovery News.
Eyewitness reliability story: Hunter with 60 years of experience “was sure he was shooting a bear” when he killed a man. Bigfoot, ghost, & UFO witnesses tell me all the time they are “absolutely sure” of what they saw… I discuss similar tragic incidents in my book Lake Monster Mysteries: Investigating the World’s Most Elusive Creatures. You can read the story HERE.
Last week the manhunt for accused serial killer Chris Dorner ended in a fiery mountain cabin.
But during the manhunt for the ex-cop, police received dozens of false eyewitness reports of the ex-cop in dozens of places around Southern California; read more about it in my Yahoo News story HERE.
