The James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) has announced that it is publicly offering $1 million to celebrity "psychic mediums" including James Van Praagh, Allison DuBois, Convicted Felon Sylvia Browne, Carla Baron, John Edward, and others if they can prove their...
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Ben Radford’s “D.C. Chupacabra” Analysis on MSNBC
A bizarre beast said to combine the characteristics of a kangaroo, dog, rat and deer was captured last week by workers at Prince George’s Hospital Center in Maryland near the nation's capital. What was it? Read the full piece HERE.
State Fair Tragedy: Why People Refuse Evacuation Orders
The state fair tragedy last weekend that killed six people and injured 50 was, in theory, a preventable accident. People were warned that disaster might strike, but they ignored safety warnings. Here's why. Read the full piece on Discovery News.
The Ultimate Chupacabra Quiz
Welcome to the Ultimate Chupacabra Quiz! Test your knowledge of one of the world's top cryptozoology stars with this quiz for fun and prizes. Yes, from now until January 1, 2012, you have a chance to win chupagoodies with your knowledge of this vampire beast. The...
Fright Night review: It’s About Vampires, But Does It Suck?
Fright Night is a remake of the popular 1985 comedy-horror film of the same name in which a Las Vegas, Nevada, high school senior Charlie Brewster (Anton Yelchin) and his nerdy, fantasy-prone best friend Ed (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) come to suspect that their...
Lost in the Badlands: Lessons on Adventure and Survival
And now for something completely different... I turn my attention from ghosts, chupacabras, and psychic failures to a recent desert hike with my Dad that started out fine but soon turned scary and potentially dangerous... The skies did not darken all at once. It was...
Why Chupacabras Are Everywhere
Chupacabras have been reported in three U.S. states in the past two months. Here's why. Read the full piece here on Discovery News.
BEYOND ‘TWILIGHT’: VAMPIRES AROUND THE WORLD
Everybody knows more or less what vampires are like: Handsome, brooding, tortured humans who crave blood and have a variety of strange abilities (such as turning into bats or not casting reflections) and weaknesses (such as being killed by sunlight or stakes to the...
Drowning Survival Credited to Miracle–But Was it?
A young boy's recovery from drowning was credited to a miracle. Was it a miracle? How we interpret miracles depends on several factors, including our religious beliefs and our knowledge of medicine and statistics. You can read the full article here on Discovery News! ...
Radford RSS Goes Live: Technology Finally Catches Up
Welcome to the first post of Benjamin Radford's RSS feed! I've got a brand-spankin' new Web site and I have decided that it's about time to start a RSS feed. I'd been planning to do it for some time, but I was frustrated with the rudimentary technology I saw. Finally...