Conspiracies swirled around the Sandy Hook shooting last year. One of them is that the death certificate for the shooter was faked. What's behind it? Find out HERE.
Research
My Article on Champ, ‘America’s Loch Ness Monster,’ on the Weather Channel!
I recently wrote a piece for LiveScience.com about my investigation into the Champ lake monster, and was pleasantly surprised to see it appear on the web site of The Weather Channel... You can read 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...
Child Abductions By Strangers Very Rare
My piece on Discovery News about the rarity of stranger child abductions; kids are in far greater danger of being abused, abducted, or killed by their parents than any stranger. 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...
Big Foot Mystery Afoot: Bear, Human, or …?
Though television police shows like CSI often make it look like identifying human from animal bones is easy, in reality it can be very difficult. There have been many examples where bear bones have been mistaken for human bones. You can read more HERE.
My Article on Telekinesis: Science or Pseudoscience
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...
My article on the Jersey Devil appears on LiveScience.com
A devil is said to haunt the wooded Pine Barren of southern New Jersey. Dubbed the Jersey Devil, it has never been photographed or captured, but has appeared in dozens of books, films, and television shows including "The X-Files." I recently wrote about it, and you...
Commentary: Burning the Mean and Disparaging Skeptic Straw Man
"Does “skeptic” equal nasty, obnoxious and shouty? No? Then why do we get automatically tagged with those characteristics even when we are not? The word carries some connotations. But that ought not bar an exchange between skeptics and believers. We have some bridges...
Interview with Noah Nez, Native Skeptic
I first heard about the Native Skeptic from Desiree Schell, the host of the Skeptically Speaking podcast. She mentioned a writer named Noah Nez who blogs about skepticism within the Native American community; you can read his blog HERE. I interviewed Nez for the...