by Admin | Mar 3, 2015 | Gender Issues, Investigation, Media Literacy, Psychology, Research, Science, Skepticism
The respected PBS television series “Nova” has won multiple Peabody and Emmy awards. So how did it manage to so badly bungle an episode on anorexia, spreading myths and misinformation about the dangerous disease? Here’s a piece of investigative...
by Admin | Feb 28, 2015 | Chupacabra, Cryptozoology, Folklore, Investigation, Media Appearances, News, Research, Skepticism
My appearance earlier this week on Albuquerque NBC affiliate KOB talking about my chupacabra research is now online. Overall it’s a pretty good piece, I did my best to summarize my book and 5 years of research into 3 minutes… You can watch it HERE. ...
by Admin | Feb 25, 2015 | Folklore, Gender Issues, Magic and witchcraft, Media Literacy, Psychology, Skepticism
My article for Discovery News on how the U.K. is using belief in black magic to stem sex trafficking in Africa is now up! I hope you find it as interesting as I do… It’s good to see this sort of bottom-up culture-specific effort to end this scourge. You...
by Admin | Feb 22, 2015 | Media Appearances, Media Literacy, Science, Skepticism
In the next issue of Skeptical Inquirer I name one of the most under-appreciated or unrecognized skeptics of the past few decades… There were many I could go with, but I thought I’d choose a woman who popularized one of the best-known skeptical quotes in...
by Admin | Feb 18, 2015 | Cryptozoology, Folklore, Magic and witchcraft, Psychology, Skepticism
From a story I wrote in 2014: Dozens of environmentalists in Iceland have staged a high-profile protest against a road scheduled to cut through an area of volcanic rock because of elves… You can read the story HERE.
