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More than just the science of superheroes -- the skeptical angle on pop culture! Co-presented by @aiptcomics.com and New York City Skeptics.
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Tapping the XKCD sign again to explain that no, I won't be seeing an aurora tonight. Or at least I really hope not. That would be bad. :)
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Tapping the XKCD sign again to explain that no, I won't be seeing an aurora tonight. Or at least I really hope not. That would be bad. :)
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Livestream on Thursday evening!
Do Aliens Speak Physics? | Daniel Whiteson | Skeptical Inquirer Presents
Science has advanced enormously in the past 500 years, guided by experimental tests of theory and practice. In that same time, science teaching and education—guided primarily by tradition and dogma—h...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Livestream on Thursday evening!
What's weirder than UFOs? The history of people seeing and studying UFOs. There's a new trend of studying the sociology of the phenomenon, and we're here to review one of the furthest-reaching entries.
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’ asks why we think UFOs are aliens
A historian writes on the social impact of the phenomenon.
aiptcomics.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
What's weirder than UFOs? The history of people seeing and studying UFOs. There's a new trend of studying the sociology of the phenomenon, and we're here to review one of the furthest-reaching entries.
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Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
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November 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM
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"Planning Miracles by Jon Cohen—a veteran journalist at Science—introduces readers to the world of pandemic preparedness at a chaotic time for the field."
Read the #ScienceBooks Review: https://scim.ag/47CczJx
Read the #ScienceBooks Review: https://scim.ag/47CczJx
November 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"Planning Miracles by Jon Cohen—a veteran journalist at Science—introduces readers to the world of pandemic preparedness at a chaotic time for the field."
Read the #ScienceBooks Review: https://scim.ag/47CczJx
Read the #ScienceBooks Review: https://scim.ag/47CczJx
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
It might be comforting to think that prominent public figures are wearing masks, or have somehow been replaced by robots or doubles. Why else would Melania stand for the demolition of the East Wing?
Well, life is usually simpler and sadder than science fiction.
Well, life is usually simpler and sadder than science fiction.
Has First Lady Melania Trump been replaced by a robot?
No, of course not.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It might be comforting to think that prominent public figures are wearing masks, or have somehow been replaced by robots or doubles. Why else would Melania stand for the demolition of the East Wing?
Well, life is usually simpler and sadder than science fiction.
Well, life is usually simpler and sadder than science fiction.
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Just in time for #MediaLiteracyWeek, we’ve released a brand new DataWISE activity! In this activity, students will learn what the scientific consensus means and how it works. You can find the new activity along with our other DataWISE activities on our website - Check them out!
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October 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Just in time for #MediaLiteracyWeek, we’ve released a brand new DataWISE activity! In this activity, students will learn what the scientific consensus means and how it works. You can find the new activity along with our other DataWISE activities on our website - Check them out!
ncse.ngo/datawise
ncse.ngo/datawise
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Each year, hundreds of millions of people worldwide similarly fall sick from microbial pathogens lurking in meals. Bacteria-killing viruses called bacteriophages could offer an unusual solution. @science.org
To thwart food poisoning, tiny needles could inject bacteria-slaying viruses into your meal
Experimental patches on meat, fruits, and vegetables can destroy up to 99.9% of bacteria
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October 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Each year, hundreds of millions of people worldwide similarly fall sick from microbial pathogens lurking in meals. Bacteria-killing viruses called bacteriophages could offer an unusual solution. @science.org
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Fake authors. Fake books. Fake remedies.
Detection firm finds 82% of herbal remedy books on Amazon ‘likely written’ by AI www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Study finds "AI 'slop' has come for herbalism."
"...damning revelation of the sheer scope of unlabelled, unverified, unchecked..."
Detection firm finds 82% of herbal remedy books on Amazon ‘likely written’ by AI www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Study finds "AI 'slop' has come for herbalism."
"...damning revelation of the sheer scope of unlabelled, unverified, unchecked..."
Detection firm finds 82% of herbal remedy books on Amazon ‘likely written’ by AI
Originality.ai scans 558 titles in herbal remedies section between January and September
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Fake authors. Fake books. Fake remedies.
Detection firm finds 82% of herbal remedy books on Amazon ‘likely written’ by AI www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Study finds "AI 'slop' has come for herbalism."
"...damning revelation of the sheer scope of unlabelled, unverified, unchecked..."
Detection firm finds 82% of herbal remedy books on Amazon ‘likely written’ by AI www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Study finds "AI 'slop' has come for herbalism."
"...damning revelation of the sheer scope of unlabelled, unverified, unchecked..."
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Sociologist Barry Markovsky joins me to talk about science vs. pseudoscience, the sociology of the paranormal, and how we can find wonder in reality itself!
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Everyday Extraordinary: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable
Barry Markovsky joins me to talk about his course on the paranormal, the science of belief, and finding wonder without the supernatural.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Sociologist Barry Markovsky joins me to talk about science vs. pseudoscience, the sociology of the paranormal, and how we can find wonder in reality itself!
matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/everyday-e...
matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/everyday-e...
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Education KEY in fight against bunk! 💪
Study: Countering #Misinformation Early.
"...respondents were significantly better at discerning true from false information, altered their health preferences, relied more on science, & reduced their dependence on unreliable news..."
And effects persisted.
Study: Countering #Misinformation Early.
"...respondents were significantly better at discerning true from false information, altered their health preferences, relied more on science, & reduced their dependence on unreliable news..."
And effects persisted.
October 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Education KEY in fight against bunk! 💪
Study: Countering #Misinformation Early.
"...respondents were significantly better at discerning true from false information, altered their health preferences, relied more on science, & reduced their dependence on unreliable news..."
And effects persisted.
Study: Countering #Misinformation Early.
"...respondents were significantly better at discerning true from false information, altered their health preferences, relied more on science, & reduced their dependence on unreliable news..."
And effects persisted.
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Why do we pay good money to be terrified? The answer lies somewhere within our psychology, a good performance, and the primal thrill of surviving our inner boogeyman, report Isabel Rosales, Jason Morris and Cynthia Salinas Cappellano fo CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/25/t...
This is your brain on a haunted house | CNN
Why do we pay good money to be terrified? The answer lies somewhere within our psychology, a good performance, and the primal thrill of surviving our inner boogeyman.
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October 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Why do we pay good money to be terrified? The answer lies somewhere within our psychology, a good performance, and the primal thrill of surviving our inner boogeyman, report Isabel Rosales, Jason Morris and Cynthia Salinas Cappellano fo CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/25/t...
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Researchers harvested the coffee bean–containing scat of wild Asian palm civets, which is used to make kopi luwak, to do a chemical analysis of the beans. cen.acs.org/food/ferment... #chemsky 🧪
This coffee comes from civet poop. What makes it chemically distinct?
Kopi luwak is a specialty coffee that’s fermented in the gut of a civet. It’s also rich in fatty acids
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October 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Researchers harvested the coffee bean–containing scat of wild Asian palm civets, which is used to make kopi luwak, to do a chemical analysis of the beans. cen.acs.org/food/ferment... #chemsky 🧪
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Concerns about patient safety have turned into alarmism. To save lives, news outlets must set the record straight, write Jedediah Lewis, Hedi Aguiar, and Adam Schiavi for Undark. undark.org/2025/10/23/o...
Misinformation About the End of Life Is Harming Organ Donation
Opinion | Concerns about patient safety have turned into alarmism. To save lives, news outlets must set the record straight.
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October 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Concerns about patient safety have turned into alarmism. To save lives, news outlets must set the record straight, write Jedediah Lewis, Hedi Aguiar, and Adam Schiavi for Undark. undark.org/2025/10/23/o...
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A much-anticipated scientific fraud case against a neuroscientist for his preclinical work on a potential drug for Alzheimer’s disease evaporated when the U.S. Department of Justice abruptly dropped the charges.
Justice Department unexpectedly drops fraud case against Alzheimer's scientist
Decision comes after disclosure of university letter concluding Hoau-Yan Wang did not engage in misconduct
www.science.org
October 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A much-anticipated scientific fraud case against a neuroscientist for his preclinical work on a potential drug for Alzheimer’s disease evaporated when the U.S. Department of Justice abruptly dropped the charges.
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Ouch.
AI chatbots fail at accurate news, major study reveals p.dw.com/p/528zp?maca...
"...four of the most commonly used AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time..."
AI chatbots fail at accurate news, major study reveals p.dw.com/p/528zp?maca...
"...four of the most commonly used AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time..."
AI chatbots fail at accurate news, major study reveals – DW – 10/22/2025
AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Copilot routinely distort the news and struggle to distinguish facts from opinion. That's according to a major new study from 22 international public broadcasters, incl...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Ouch.
AI chatbots fail at accurate news, major study reveals p.dw.com/p/528zp?maca...
"...four of the most commonly used AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time..."
AI chatbots fail at accurate news, major study reveals p.dw.com/p/528zp?maca...
"...four of the most commonly used AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time..."
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From @hmns.bsky.social:
This fossil of a giant crinoid colony (Seirocrinus subangularis) attached to a piece of driftwood was found in Germany.
Crinoid means "lily-like", but they're not flowers, they're animals, the ancestral line leading to modern sea stars & sea urchins.
This fossil of a giant crinoid colony (Seirocrinus subangularis) attached to a piece of driftwood was found in Germany.
Crinoid means "lily-like", but they're not flowers, they're animals, the ancestral line leading to modern sea stars & sea urchins.
October 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
From @hmns.bsky.social:
This fossil of a giant crinoid colony (Seirocrinus subangularis) attached to a piece of driftwood was found in Germany.
Crinoid means "lily-like", but they're not flowers, they're animals, the ancestral line leading to modern sea stars & sea urchins.
This fossil of a giant crinoid colony (Seirocrinus subangularis) attached to a piece of driftwood was found in Germany.
Crinoid means "lily-like", but they're not flowers, they're animals, the ancestral line leading to modern sea stars & sea urchins.
Why go out for second Earth when we have Earth at home? @jseanharrison.bsky.social reviews @weinersmith.bsky.social & @zachweinersmith.bsky.social's "A City on Mars," now out in paperback. Hilarious and frank talk about a fantastical subject. @aiptcomics.com @penguinpress.bsky.social
‘A City on Mars’ is skeptical of colonizing space
A humorous and sobering look at a fantastical topic.
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October 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Why go out for second Earth when we have Earth at home? @jseanharrison.bsky.social reviews @weinersmith.bsky.social & @zachweinersmith.bsky.social's "A City on Mars," now out in paperback. Hilarious and frank talk about a fantastical subject. @aiptcomics.com @penguinpress.bsky.social
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We’re often told to “think critically” online. But in today’s attention economy, that’s only half the battle. The other half? Knowing what to ignore.
New post on "critical ignoring," a powerful media literacy skill for cutting through the noise.
matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/the-overlo...
New post on "critical ignoring," a powerful media literacy skill for cutting through the noise.
matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/the-overlo...
The Overlooked Skill We All Need Online: Critical Ignoring
Thinking critically matters, but in today’s attention economy, knowing what to ignore may matter even more.
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October 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
We’re often told to “think critically” online. But in today’s attention economy, that’s only half the battle. The other half? Knowing what to ignore.
New post on "critical ignoring," a powerful media literacy skill for cutting through the noise.
matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/the-overlo...
New post on "critical ignoring," a powerful media literacy skill for cutting through the noise.
matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/the-overlo...
The research on misinformation is growing, but do we have any solutions yet? We review the new book 'Misguided,' by social scientist @matthewfacciani.bsky.social. @danielloxton.bsky.social @caulfieldtim.bsky.social @jonathanstea.bsky.social @critikid.bsky.social
‘Misguided’ offers games and ‘prebunking’ to abate misinformation
A new entry in the growing field of misinformation research.
aiptcomics.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The research on misinformation is growing, but do we have any solutions yet? We review the new book 'Misguided,' by social scientist @matthewfacciani.bsky.social. @danielloxton.bsky.social @caulfieldtim.bsky.social @jonathanstea.bsky.social @critikid.bsky.social
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Brandolini’s Law (also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle):
The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
H/t @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social
The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
H/t @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Brandolini’s Law (also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle):
The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
H/t @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social
The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
H/t @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social
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A review of 58 college syllabi that focus on critical thinking showed that these courses often focus on pseudoscience, paranormal claims, and conspiracy theories, relying heavily on active learning methods to help students learn how to separate science from pseudoscience and make better decisions.
Weird, Fantastic, and Fringe: Undergraduate Courses Designed to Teach Critical Thinking Through Refutation
Critical thinking is widely accepted as a goal of higher education. However, students are graduating from college with a multitude of false beliefs indicating current strategies are inadequate. We ...
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September 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A review of 58 college syllabi that focus on critical thinking showed that these courses often focus on pseudoscience, paranormal claims, and conspiracy theories, relying heavily on active learning methods to help students learn how to separate science from pseudoscience and make better decisions.
WWE's Wrestlepalooza event on September 20 presented what was called an "EMF-Friendly" match, partnering with a dubious tech company aligned with President Donald Trump's anti-science HHS Secretary, RFK Jr. Is it just new age snake oil? @wrestling.aiptcomics.com @iamjohnpollock.bsky.social
What was WWE and Aires’ ‘EMF-Friendly’ Wrestlepalooza match?
The future of snake oil!
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September 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
WWE's Wrestlepalooza event on September 20 presented what was called an "EMF-Friendly" match, partnering with a dubious tech company aligned with President Donald Trump's anti-science HHS Secretary, RFK Jr. Is it just new age snake oil? @wrestling.aiptcomics.com @iamjohnpollock.bsky.social