News stories last week have challenged the conventional wisdom dispensed by dentists for decades: that flossing your teeth regularly helps prevent tooth decay and gum disease. But that's not quite accurate. My article explaining why is HERE! You can...
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The Presidential Politics of Vaccinations
My recent article for Seeker (formerly Discovery News) is about the politics of vaccinations... In medicine the benefits of childhood vaccination are widely accepted. The evidence is clear and overwhelming: vaccines do not cause autism (or any other condition),...
Victim’s Ghost Seen in Photo? Unlikely…
My new article on a viral ghost photo claimed to show an accident victim's soul leaving his body is now out: A photo taken at the scene of a fatal motorcycle crash in Kentucky has gone viral, with many claiming they can see the accident victim's spirit leaving his...
Reply to a Theory of Everything
About three or four times each year I get an e-mail (or, more rarely, a phone call or handwritten letter in block writing) from someone who wants me to read and carefully evaluate their amazing manifesto, usually involving some quasi-mystical "scientific" theory...
Otto the Octopus and Other ‘Psychic’ Animals
My new article on Otto the Octopus and other 'psychic' animals is out, you can read it HERE. You can find more on me and my work with a search for "Benjamin Radford" (not "Ben Radford") on Vimeo.
I’m quoted Yahoo News piece on Spontaneous Human Combustion
So this is cool: I'm quoted in a new Yahoo News piece on the mystery of spontaneous human combustion; you can read it HERE. You can find more on me and my work with a search for "Benjamin Radford" (not "Ben Radford") on Vimeo.
Yahoo’s Algorithm Fail
WTF, Yahoo? People who search for me also search for... Hitler, Bill Clinton, Orson Welles, Edward Herrmann and Joseph Stalin? I hope this is some sort of algorithm fail... You can find more on me and my work with a search for "Benjamin Radford" (not "Ben...
Blood Donation Rumors Circulate Following Tragedy
It turns out that the widely-shared claims that gays couldn't donate badly-needed blood for victims of the Orlando shootings was wrong, on at least two key points. Rumors and misinformation always circulate soon after tragedies, and it's unfortunate. People need...
My Work in New Book: “Policing and Social Media”
According to Google's Scholar Alert (or in my case "Scholar" alert), my work is referenced in the new book "Policing and Social Media: Social Control in an Era of New Media." Looks like a pricey textbook, but maybe I'll see it some time... ...
Critical and Thinking: My Interview with Skeptical Comic Ian Harris
A standup comic doing explicitly skeptical material on a regular basis as part of his act is unusual-- and I interviewed him about his career. You can read it HERE. You can find more on me and my work with a search for "Benjamin Radford" (not "Ben Radford")...