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The Face on Mars: Alien Architecture or Example of Pareidolia?

Relatively Interesting May 17, 2013 1

Back in 1976, the Viking Orbiter 1 acquired some images of the Cydonia region of Mars as part of the search for a potential landing site for the Viking Lander 2. One of the

Is Bigfoot any more legit than the other cryptids?

Relatively Interesting May 6, 2013 0

Editor’s Note: Generally, the content on RelativelyInteresting.com is skeptically themed and often pokes fun at pseudoscientific claims, quackery, cryptozoology, etc. That being said, we also want to foster open discussion and debate around controversial

Understanding Scale: The Universe, Atoms, and Homeopathy

Relatively Interesting May 3, 2013 1

Numbers, especially the very large and very small, can be deceiving. It’s almost impossible for our brains to compute the immense scale in the fields of astronomy or microbiology. Nevertheless, understanding and being able

Click Here: A Skeptical Look at Nigerian Email Scams

Relatively Interesting April 29, 2013 0

Regardless of how hard you try to not spread your email address around, you still wind up getting letters from people pleading for your help. Commonly referred to as “Nigerian Scams,” there are many

Living without eating? A skeptical look at Breatharianism and Sungazing

Relatively Interesting April 18, 2013 0

The fact is that people have been trying to sell each other snake oil ever since money was invented. But it’s a little known fact that most snake-oil salesmen actually believe in the stuff

Mental Floss: 50 Common Misconceptions [video]

Relatively Interesting March 15, 2013 0

Mental Floss, a magazine known for its humorous and witty presentation of interesting facts, has launched their YouTube channel and with it, a video debunking 50 common misconceptions. Did Napoleon really suffer from the

What is Skepticism?

Relatively Interesting March 13, 2013 0

This Media Guide to Skepticism by Sharon Hill/Doubtful News is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Skepticism is an approach to evaluating claims that emphasizes evidence and applies tools of science. Skepticism is most often applied