Space
Do We Care Any Longer?
The United is slowing giving up on manned space travel. Why do we care, you may ask? If other countries want to waste their money in space, let them! We have more important problems to take care of here on earth. Why waste money sending people out exploring when machines can do it cheaper and safer?
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Banning DHMO
Why Science Is So Important
The Coalition To Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) seeks to influence legislation to ban this lethal chemical. DHMO is a major component of acid raid, it contributes to the "greenhouse effect" and to the erosion of our natural landscape. Find out what you need to know about this dangerous chemical.
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Doctors Gone Wild
Hospitals Reinforce Dress Codes
Instead of traditional the white lab coat, female physicians now are opting for high heels, very short skirts, plunging necklines that reveals bulging cleavage, and midriffs exposing pierced belly buttons. However, this cultural shift is negatively impacting patients relationships so hospitals and clinics are beefing up dress codes.
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Tale of Two Sciences
Al Gore and Global Warming
Every time Al Gore, the Nobel Peace Prize recipient, invokes science, he only uses scraps of data to make erroneous assertions. However, the scientific community makes almost no attempt to correct his obvious falsehoods although some have quietly criticized Gore for some of his questionable worst case scenarios.
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Obesity Paranoia
The Bogus Obesity Scare
In 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a study claiming that obesity causes 400,000 deaths per year. But there was only one slight problem. The 2004 CDC figure of 400,000 deaths per year was bogus. In 2005, the CDC then downgraded its estimate to 25,814 deaths per year.
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Case Settled?
Global Warming Myths: Part 1
I have always wondered why global warming activists and their supporters are so rabid about their belief of manmade greenhouse emissions destroying the planet. After all, this is an issue grounded in physical science so in adhering to the scientific method, there ought to be calm rational discussion about it.
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Aromatherapy
The Scent of Snake Oil
Aromatherapy harnesses the aromas from plants for emotional and physical rejuvenation. And adherents to this practice contend that the “essential oils” of these plants have amazing healing and therapeutic properties. So how does aromatherapy stack up against serious scientific scrutiny?
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Whither Now Ernesto
Global Warming Anyone?
When Hurricane Ernesto was forming in the Gulf of Mexico, the doomsayers lamented about global warming and the dire consequences to follow. They cited their “computer models” as the basis for their conclusions. Yet, you never hear anything about the models themselves. Why is that?
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Green News
No Knowledge Required
CBS News was searching for a reporter to cover environmental issues. But instead of an objective journalist, they wanted someone who was “hip and irreverent” and had the “coolness” factor down pat. The problem with this approach is that enthusiasm for the environment becomes more important than the enthusiasm for science. Read Article

Losing Face
The Face on Mars
On July 25, 1976 NASA's Viking 1 Orbiter, flying high above in an area known as Cydonia of the planet Mars photographed the so-called “Face on Mars” which spawned a cottage industry of conspiracy theories. NASA scientists helped ignite the controversy when they inadvertently labeled the rocky formation as a face.
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Paranoid Ranting
Global Warming Thugs
The mission of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) is to promote usage of renewable energy. Its "paying" members include many governmental agencies such as the EPA. ACORE is also run by a man who is willing to use character assassination against anyone who disagrees with him.
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Global Warming is Real
And It’s Happening on Mars!
NASA scientists are reporting that the climate on Mars appears to be warmer than it has been for at least several decades, possibly even centuries. Based on pictures of Mars dating back to 1999, these images document substantial changes in the polar ice cap are shrinking at “a prodigious rate”.
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It’s Natural
But Is It Really Better?
The word “natural” seems to be attached to so many products that we currently use today. And for some, it has nearly become an obsession to only use things that are natural. But just because something is natural, does it automatically mean that it is healthier, safer, and better than something that is unnatural?
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Loch Ness Monster
Global Warming Killed Nessie
There goes the neighborhood! The demise of the fabled Loch Ness Monster has been attributed to global warming by one of the top researchers of this legendary beast. So if climate change snuffed out Nessie, then Bigfoot and Elvis could very well be the next victims of a hotter planet. But did this beast actually exist?
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Lights in the Sky
Unidentified Flying Objects
Have you ever seen any mysterious objects in the sky or perhaps strange lights floating at night time? Do you personally believe in the existence of an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO)? Or rather, do you believe that this planet is being visited by intelligent life from another planet?
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Shrinking Ice Caps
Are Polar Bears Going Extinct?
There have been quite a few news stories about polar bears going extinct because of global warming. Since the climate is warming, the polar ice caps are shrinking which is reducing the natural habitat of these bears. But here is a question that is never asked. Are polar bear populations currently declining?
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Self-Sufficiency
Alternative Energy Sources
Rooftop solar collectors on houses and commercial enterprises could provide a large chunk of the energy we use, at least during the day time. And what if installation could be done by relatively unskilled labor (with the exception of the electrician that would be needed to do the actual wiring)?
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Bogus Predictions
What Happened to the Hurricanes?
After hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, what happened to the hurricanes that were supposed to ravage us in 2006 because of global warming? Hollywood celebrities and many scientists made a number of gloom and doom predictions. Instead, the 2006 hurricane season was pretty lame.
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Bigfoot Endangered
Does The Hairy Beast Risk Extinction?
Is Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, an endangered species? Should this legendary hairy man-like bipedal hominoid receive the same kind of federal protection that other endangered species already have? And is Bigfoot so rare that he is on the brink of extinction that he needs our help to ensure his survival?
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Missing in Action
What Happened to Skeptics?
What happened to skeptics? Back in the day, the Amazing Randi and a host of others tackled fortune tellers, psychics, astrologers, the New Age, and just about any kind of occultist who sought to impress the world with their duplicity. Today, their chief villain is George W. Bush and the Republican Party.
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So Much Baloney
The President and Stem Cell Research
Come say it with me, George W. Bush did not ban stem cell research. And say that several times every day. It is amazing to see how irresponsible the media and the scientific community have been in regards to very simple facts. The president has not opposed stem cell research and he never banned it.
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Fish Stories
Is Eating Fish Dangerous?
Eating fish has always been controversial. One side is endlessly touting the virtues of eating more fish while the other side has scary news stories from researchers and environmentalists claiming that fish is dangerous because of mercury. So which one of these fish stories needs to be tossed back into the ocean?
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Wasteful Celebrities
Global Warming Hypocrisy
When it comes to global warming activists and Hollywood, there is an enormous hypocrisy that is quietly ignored. The lifestyles of Hollywood movie stars and also that of the rock stars aren’t exactly the pristine role models that the activists envision. Celebrities can do the talk but they cannot do the walk.
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Power From Space
It’s Raining Energy Out There
Our energy crisis may never go away but there is a solution. Large orbiting solar power satellites can transmit power from space, where the sun always shines, down to Earth via microwave beam where it would be collected by a large receiving antenna and distributed through the existing electric power grid.
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Massages
Therapy That Sometimes Goes Overboard
A massage is a therapy done by hand or with the assistance of an instrument that feels great and is often quite very pleasurable to the senses if done correctly. However, massage therapy is muddled in junk science and New Age mysticism while claiming to treat a wide range of ailments.
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Climate Change
Just What Do You Mean: Part 1
“Climate Change” is perhaps the most disingenuous term ever employed by environmentalists. This terminology implies that there really is some kind of measurable normalcy in global temperatures. Nothing could be further from the truth because there is no such thing as a “normal” temperature.
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Good Riddance
Princeton’s ESP Lab Closes
After 28 years of almost nothing substantial to show to the scientific community, the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) laboratory is finally shutting down. PEAR devoted almost three decades to carefully researching Extra-Sensory Perception (ESP) and came up empty handed.
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Scientific Secrecy
Scientific Method Under Siege
The science community cannot play fast and loose with their research especially when the taxpayer is paying for it. They must allow their federally funded studies to be open to the public so real scientific debate can be facilitated. Yet many scientists are unwilling to make their raw data available.
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