A woman in Seattle who believes she can live on air, sunlight, and water decided last week that she should eat food after all, and has stopped her social and spiritual “experiment.” I wrote a piece for Discovery News, you can read the story HERE.
Psychology
Psychic Ordered to Pay $7 Million in Lawsuit
This is a story I originally covered for Discovery News from the start: The owners of a Texas ranch raided by police based on a psychic’s bogus information about a massacre have sued the psychic, winning a $6.8 million judgment. You can read the story HERE.
Man Blames Break-In on Zombie Pursuit
A Florida man who used a chunk of concrete to break a window outside a hotel last week told police he did it to escape pursuing zombies. If you don't believe me, you can read my Discovery News piece about it HERE!
My New Article, Dowsing: The Pseudoscience of Water Witching
Dowsing is an unexplained process in which people use a forked twig or wire to find missing and hidden objects. Dowsing, also known as divining and doodlebugging, is often used to search for water or missing jewelry, but it is also often employed in other applications...
Did Kind Act Cause a Woman to Lose $590 Million?
My new piece on Discovery News combines media criticism, statistics, and myth debunking: News reports are claiming that a woman won a $590 million lotto destined for someone else who kindly let her cut in line. But is it true? Find out HERE!
Was 8 Year Old Girl Killed for Her Organs?
The family of a young British girl traveling in their home country of India is accusing a medical clinic of killing their daughter for her organs. Gurkiren Kaur Loyal's family said she was being treated for dehydration in Punjab when she died. You can read the story...
My Article on Psychics on NBC News
My article on why desperate families turn to psychics was recently on NBC News; you can read it HERE.
Why People Believed Fake Bomb Detectors Worked
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...
New Review of ‘The Martians Have Landed: A History of Media-Driven Panics & Hoaxes’
Sharon Hill of Doubtful News reviews my latest book (with Robert Bartholomew), The Martians Have Landed, for eSkeptic! You can read it HERE.
Can Handwriting Identify Better Employees?
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...