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...
Science
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.
Is Recent Obesity Study Sexist?
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.
Update on Bigfoot DNA Study: Paper Includes Hoaxed Reference
The story that I and many other reported on about the recent news that Melba Ketchum has sequenced Bigfoot DNA keeps getting stranger. A new piece by Sharon Hill of Doubtful News notes that a sharp-eyed skeptic found that one of Ketchum's references is actually to a...
My article on Bigfoot DNA is on NBC News
I recently wrote several pieces about the long-awaited "Bigfoot DNA" study; one discussing the analysis, on NBC News, can be read HERE.
Free 10-part Scientific Paranormal Investigation Course
Did you know that I created a free 10-part e-mail course on the basics of scientific paranormal investigation? Even if you've taken my workshop or read my award-nominated book "Scientific Paranormal Investigation," you'll probably learn something new &...
I’m quoted in an article in “The Journal of Water Law”
I'm quoted discussing water scarcity in an article in The Journal of Water Law, talking about the myth that there is a water shortage on Earth. You can read the article HERE.
AIDS-Infected Needles: Urban Legend or Terror Threat?
Needles found in airline food last week have raised concern over the threat of AIDS and other diseases, but how serious is the danger? Find out HERE.
New issue of Bent Spoon magazine now out
A new issue of The Bent Spoon-- "A Skeptical Magazine for the True Believer" is now out. It's the one-year anniversary issue, and has lots of cool and interesting articles on a wide variety of paranormal topics. And I've got an article about the importance of asking...