A question I am often asked by journalists is if more people believe in conspiracy theories now than before. Sometimes, the question is not even asked; the answer is simply inferred. Of course they...
Does the sound of a drill smell like bleach to you? I don鈥檛 mean that in a poetic, 鈥渢rying to be interesting鈥� kind of way. I mean, when you hear the sound of a drill, can you automatically聽smell...
Have you heard of the F枚gen effect, alternatively spelled 鈥淔oegen?鈥� It is the idea, or so goes the claim, that wearing a mask could make COVID-19 more severe. And you might be tempted to take it...
There is a lot to unpack in the deceptively simple (and simply deceptive) 30-minute documentary Infertility: A Diabolical Agenda, released on June 10, 2022.
Being in the business of separating sense from nonsense for several decades, I have across many contemptible scams. One of the most outrageous ones entices people to fork out money for a...
鈥淩eef-Safe鈥� on the label intends to inform the consumer that the product does not contain ingredients that may harm coral reefs. That claim, though, must be viewed with a degree of skepticism.
Looking through a microscope will make something tiny look big. It blows the teeny-weeny out of proportion. As it turns out, you don鈥檛 even need a microscope to do that.
When you consider how babies are made, you bump up against a basic math problem. No need for calculus here, or even the mental gymnastics of carrying the one. It鈥檚 a problem of doubling.
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