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    Updated: 2012-10-30 17:00:00
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  • This Week In Doubtful News

    Updated: 2012-10-30 14:00:00
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  • Houdini Halloween Séance

    Updated: 2012-10-29 14:00:00
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  • Solving the Mystery Behind “Mystery Houses”

    Updated: 2012-10-28 01:21:14
    Years ago I performed an impromptu investigation of the Montana Vortex, a roadside attraction whose proprieters claim that there is actually some kind of weird adjustment to the laws of physics in order to account for the strange goings on there.  Like many such attractions, the folks who run the Montana Vortex have a “mystery [...]

  • A Lesson in How NOT to be Skeptical: The Fake Neil deGrasse Tyson Quote

    Updated: 2012-10-24 02:39:07
    Many times we self-described skeptics and critical thinkers do not live up to our own rhetoric.  Case in point: How many skeptics/atheists/freethinkers/etc do you know who have shared the following quote, or perhaps you have shared it yourself? Well, here’s the rub… this quote attributed to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is… FAKE!!! Ouch.  I have [...]

  • In Memory of Paul Kurtz and Leon Jaroff

    Updated: 2012-10-22 12:47:45
    We lost two towering figures in the world of rationalism over the weekend. On Saturday October 20, Leon Jaroff died at the age of 85. Then on Sunday October 21 we learned that Paul Kurtz had died at the age of 86. Both men hit their peak prior to the explosion of blogs, podcasts, social [...]

  • November 2012 Meeting

    Updated: 2012-10-18 12:49:39
    CNY Skeptics Presents Damian Allis, Ph.D., on “A Most Unlikely Obvious Molecule: DNA And Its Consequences” Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 7:00 pm DeWitt Community Library at Shoppingtown Mall Buckland Community Room DNA is Nature’s medium of digital information storage and access from which cellular machinery produces life itself. The 60 years of advances in our understanding of DNA have [...]

  • My First Junior Skeptic Cover, 10 Years Ago This Month

    Updated: 2012-10-16 06:48:50
    Daniel Loxton offers some “making of” insight into his first Junior Skeptic cover—completed 10 years ago this month.

  • Congressional Answers to Science Debate 2012 Questions

    Updated: 2012-10-16 02:31:25
    As many of you know, I have been touting the Science Debate effort for many months now, because issues of science, technology, and science education are too important to be sidelined in our political discourse (especially in an election year!)  This year, the fine folks at Science Debate have not only been holding the presidential candidates’ [...]

  • 2012 October Evolved Rational

    Updated: 2012-10-15 22:32:59
    Sharing Evolved and Rational Thoughts on Everything from Home , Fashion , Culture and Travel Evolved Rational Home Current Fashion Modern Culture Progressive Home Sensible Travel Recent Posts Practical Travel Tips to Spain A Guide to Extreme Sports Clothing and Accessories Enjoy Some Summer Sun in Mallorca Designer Underwear Choosing a Holiday in South Africa Archives October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 Rational Thoughts Background on Our Evolved Rational Archive for October , 2012 Practical Travel Tips to Spain Spain has long been a tourist favourite for many reasons . Firstly in the UK , Posted In :

  • Georgia Rep. Paul Broun, Member of House Science Committee, Says “Evolution, Embryology, Big Bang Theory are ‘Lies Straight from the Pit of Hell’ “

    Updated: 2012-10-08 02:17:34
    But don’t take it from me, take it straight from his mouth… First, allow me to state the obvious: Now that I’ve gotten that out of my system… we see two things from this idiotic tirade from Rep. Broun: 1. He engages in the typical creationist fear-mongering about evolutionary science that it is inherently evil, [...]

  • Carl Sagan Day 2012 Approaches!

    Updated: 2012-10-08 00:21:23
    In the next few weeks, supporters of science and secularism will be celebrating the 78th anniversary of the birth of Carl Sagan, scientist, astronomer, skeptic, and popular advocate for science and critical thinking.  For many of us who are in our 30s and 40s, we were inspired to become interested in science as a direct [...]

  • The Pseudoscientists Episode 61 — Printing handguns, time travel logic, resurrecting stem cells and reframing skepticism and critical thinking

    Updated: 2012-10-05 08:00:21
    Belinda, Rachael, Tom and Jack talk 3D printers and handguns, reframing science, skepticism and critical thinking, and harvesting stem cells from dead bodies. Plus, time travel logic in blockbuster films, supplement marketing and Tom's Melbourne Fringe Festival show.

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