Hello Skeptifans,
It’s sunny and beautiful in Vancouver today. How’s it going in the rest of the country?
Here are the Fails and Wins in the media this week:

Sent in by Erik.
Where to find scientific research with negative results
BoingBoing repub…

Jan of "The Rotten" (therotten.ca)
Remember those warnings about satanic messages hidden in rock music, revealed when played backwards? For years, I wasn’t sure what to make of them. Now, I have a much better idea.
I was recently listenin…

Gah, this is an awful and credulously reported story: Child’s Nightmares and Memories Prove Reincarnation. There is no proof there. The story is simple: ordinary child plays video games, draws lots of pictures of airplanes in dogfights and dropping bom…

Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it
– A. Hitler
It seems that just about every article about acupuncture makes some reference to it having been used in China for thousands of years. The obvious reaso…

Will someone please give Benjamin Goldman et al their own Discovery Channel show? Please?

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In 2007, John Sweeney investigated the Scientologists for the BBC and was nearly driven insane by the experience. Now he revisits the investigation with a former Church official who has defected and tells all, including a behind-the-scenes look at what…

Be depressed. The reports are in, and American education sucks and is hurting our economy.

Stagnant scientific education imperils U.S. economic leadership, says a report by leading business and science figures.

Released Thursday at a congressional br…

Carl Sagan day is just about a month away. November 6th to be exact. You can click here for more information on the celebration and festivities planned for this year.
I myself am busy working on a Surly-Sagan art project with this day in mind. But unti…

All you have to do is look at their official state party platforms. The platforms are typically wish lists forged at multiple levels: I've been involved a little bit with our local Minnesota DFL, and anyone can show up and propose an addition to th…