Skeptoid #309: The Science and Politics of Global Warming
Global warming is the poster boy for failed science communication. What went wrong? It was presented to the public as a political issue, and not as a science.





Global warming is the poster boy for failed science communication. What went wrong? It was presented to the public as a political issue, and not as a science.
5/21/2013 | Download File (9.88 MB) - right click to download
Graphology is the art of divining things about someone's personality and aptitudes by analyzing their handwriting. Is it scientifically valid?
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An urban legend says that a 1981 video arcade game called Polybius sickened players, or even drove them to suicide, while government agents collected the data.
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The book and movie "Sybil" told the story of a woman purported to have Multiple Personality Syndrome. But how much of it, if any, was true?
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An old story claims a long list of astonishing similarities between the assassinations of Lincoln and Kennedy. Are they true, false, taken out of context, or something else?
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Cupping, the practice of putting suction cups on the skin to create bruises, has been around for at least 2000. Does its antiquity mean that it has healthful benefits?