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Popular Mechanics
November 6, 2009
Erik Sofge |
UFOlogy Hits a New Low With The Fourth Kind: Analysis For an alien-abduction movie, there are surprisingly few aliens in The Fourth Kind. To borrow Stephen Colbert's all-but-retired term, the movie is drowning in its own truthiness.   |
Popular Mechanics
November 6, 2009
Allie Townsend |
On Fringe, Radiation Ghoul is Pure Fiction A "scientific" scenario on this television show is debunked, because there are no known living organisms that are drawn or feed off of radiation |
Wired
August 24, 2009
Brown & Leckart |
Wired's Guide to Hoaxes: How to Give -- and Take -- a Joke We are pleased to present this handy Prankonomy, a celebration of the japes and ruses of our shifty age. |
Scientific American
September 2009
Michael Shermer |
Why People Believe in Conspiracies A skeptic's take on the public's fascination with disinformation |
Chemistry World
June 2009
Philip Ball |
Column: The crucible Scientific fraud highlights flaws in the way that scientists communicate with each other. Eugenie Samuel Reich's book Plastic fantastic, highlights a key element in what transpires. |
Popular Mechanics
June 1, 2009
Erik Sofge |
Footage in the Sky: The Truth Behind NASA's "UFO" Videos The scenario goes like this: Its 1996; you're an astronaut and you're looking at a UFO. This is quite possibly the biggest, most game-changing scientific discovery in the history of mankind. |
Wired
Jessica Cohen |
The Truth Is Out There, and the Nation's Maddest Scientists Are After It Paranormal phenomena aren't just for Fox Mulder, Melinda Gordon, and Rod Serling. Even top academics can't resist a good ghost story. |
Popular Mechanics
April 10, 2009 |
The Evidence: Debunking FEMA Camp Myths The idea of the government seizing all the nation's farmland or forcing Americans into labor camps is without basis - -except in Hollywood. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2009
Patton et al. |
A History of Aliens and UFOs in Pop Culture On June 24, 1947, pilot Kenneth Arnold claimed he saw gleaming aircraft he later described as "saucerlike objects." |
Popular Mechanics
March 2009
Phil Patton |
UFO Myths: A Special Investigation into Stephenville and Other Major Sightings The Stephenville sightings had all the elements of a classic UFO incident -- first reports, official denials, independent witnesses stepping forward. |
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