Tag: skeptical

Why Are Pyramid Schemes A Scam?

October 16, 2019 By Laura

Why Are Pyramid Schemes A Scam?

Are pyramid schemes a way of making money? At one point or another you were approached by someone, a very…

Science and Skepticism and Blogging – oh my!

September 26, 2019 By Laura

Science and Skepticism and Blogging – oh my!

What this blog’s about… I’m often asked how I got interested in skepticism and why I started this blog. So,…

Conspiracy Theories: An Interview with Karl Mamer, The Conspiracy Skeptic

August 27, 2019 By Laura

Conspiracy Theories: An Interview with Karl Mamer, The Conspiracy Skeptic

Conspiracy theories can sometimes be so compelling and well presented that it can be easy to be swept up in…

Does eating turkey really make you sleepy?

August 9, 2019 By Laura

Does eating turkey really make you sleepy?

Thanksgiving is around the corner in Canada and the USA. Around the office and among friends, someone will undoubtedly comment…

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Putting A Face To The 2,700-Year-Old Affliction Called Bennu

January 9, 2020 By Laura

Putting A Face To The 2,700-Year-Old Affliction Called Bennu

Troels Pank Arbøll, an Assyriologist, from the University of Copenhagen, sits back to rub his tired eyes. He’s been poring over these tablers for hours. The cuneiform characters trying his...

TV Show Might Have Found Proof Of Bigfoot

January 8, 2020 By Clifford E

TV Show Might Have Found Proof Of Bigfoot

A team of researchers is sitting quietly, going over their instruments. It’s night in the forest and they are looking for any signs of life in the dark forest. While...

Giant Tumbleweed Eats Cars On New Year’s Eve

January 8, 2020 By Clifford E

Giant Tumbleweed Eats Cars On New Year’s Eve

The word ‘tumbleweed’ generally conjures up images of wild west towns and cowboys. Two gunslingers standing in the main street, onlookers cowering in fear, harmonica music playing, a tumbleweed rolling...

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Putting A Face To The 2,700-Year-Old Affliction Called Bennu

January 9, 2020 By Laura

Putting A Face To The 2,700-Year-Old Affliction Called Bennu

Troels Pank Arbøll, an Assyriologist, from the University of Copenhagen, sits back to rub his tired eyes. He’s been poring over these tablers for hours. The cuneiform characters trying his...

TV Show Might Have Found Proof Of Bigfoot

January 8, 2020 By Clifford E

TV Show Might Have Found Proof Of Bigfoot

A team of researchers is sitting quietly, going over their instruments. It’s night in the forest and they are looking for any signs of life in the dark forest. While...

Giant Tumbleweed Eats Cars On New Year’s Eve

January 8, 2020 By Clifford E

Giant Tumbleweed Eats Cars On New Year’s Eve

The word ‘tumbleweed’ generally conjures up images of wild west towns and cowboys. Two gunslingers standing in the main street, onlookers cowering in fear, harmonica music playing, a tumbleweed rolling...

Face To Face With Scotland’s 18th Century Witch

December 12, 2019 By Clifford E

Face To Face With Scotland’s 18th Century Witch

Torryburn, Scotland, 1704 - Lilias Adie is going about her daily routine. Suddenly there is a loud hammering on her door. She opens the door only to find a crowd...

Archaeologists Discover ‘Demon Burials’ In Cemetery In Poland

December 11, 2019 By Clifford E

Archaeologists Discover ‘Demon Burials’ In Cemetery In Poland

The team digs deeper eager to get to the bones they are searching for. As they unearth the skeletons, however, they recoil in surprise. What they saw shocked them all....

Ghost Photo Taken At Famous Haunted Stanley Hotel

December 11, 2019 By Clifford E

Ghost Photo Taken At Famous Haunted Stanley Hotel

The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado is well known as the inspiration for the Overlook Hotel in Steven King’s The Shining. It is also well known for being haunted...

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