Skeptical Reporter
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Skeptical Reporter @ 2014-02-14
Skeptical Reporter for February 14th, 2014 - The "jelly doughnut" ...
Skeptical Reporter for February 14th, 2014 - The "jelly doughnut" rock that seemed to appear out of nowhere on Mars last month did not fall out of an extraterrestrial pastry box. The rock had been mysterious to scientists because Mars rover Opportunit...
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Skeptical Reporter @ 2014-02-07
Skeptical Reporter for February 7th, 2014 - Saudi Arabia, which ...
Skeptical Reporter for February 7th, 2014 - Saudi Arabia, which has the largest number of Twitter users relative to internet users in the world, has formed a special task force to track those who are accused of spreading vice and witchcraft on the soc...
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Skeptical Reporter @ 2013-09-27
Skeptical Reporter for September 27th, 2013 - The man who ...
Skeptical Reporter for September 27th, 2013 - The man who shot to Internet fame several years ago after appearing on Today to discuss a condition that permanently turned his skin a deep blue has died. Paul Karason was 62 when he passed away in a Washi...
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Skeptical Reporter @ 2013-09-20
Skeptical Reporter for September 20th, 2013 - People who take ...
Skeptical Reporter for September 20th, 2013 - People who take antioxidant supplements don't live any longer than those who don't, and some antioxidants may even cut life short, a new review suggests. Danish researchers report that people who took thre...
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Skeptical Reporter @ 2013-09-13
Skeptical Reporter for September 13th, 2013 - Would you board ...
Skeptical Reporter for September 13th, 2013 - Would you board flight 666 to HEL on Friday the 13th? For superstitious travelers, that might be tempting fate. But Finnair passengers on AY666 to Helsinki – which has the 3 letter designation HEL – don't ...
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Skeptical Reporter @ 2013-09-06
Skeptical Reporter for September 6th, 2013 - Former WBO heavyweight ...
Skeptical Reporter for September 6th, 2013 - Former WBO heavyweight champion Tommy Morrison died in an Omaha hospital this week. He was 44. Morrison's longtime promoter, Tony Holden, said Morrison died with his wife, Trisha, beside him.
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Skeptical Reporter @ 2013-08-30
Skeptical Reporter for August 30th, 2013 - A bleeding disorder ...
Skeptical Reporter for August 30th, 2013 - A bleeding disorder in babies so rare that it typically affects fewer than one in 100,000 is becoming more common in Tennessee. The illness is occurring more frequently because parents are refusing vitamin K ...
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Skeptical reporter @ 2013-08-23
Skeptical Reporter for August 23rd, 2013 - In the United ...
Skeptical Reporter for August 23rd, 2013 - In the United States, Tarrant County health officials have zeroed in on a mega-church near Eagle Mountain Lake as where a measles outbreak began to spread. A congregant contracted the viral infection during a...
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Skeptical reporter @ 2013-08-16
Skeptical Reporter for August 16th, 2013 - A surge of ...
Skeptical Reporter for August 16th, 2013 - A surge of electrical activity in the brain could be responsible for the vivid experiences described by near-death survivors. A study carried out on dying rats found high levels of brainwaves at the point of ...
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Skeptical reporter @ 2013-08-09
Skeptical Reporter for August 9th, 2013 - In Australia, chiropractors ...
Skeptical Reporter for August 9th, 2013 - In Australia, chiropractors will be forced to stop making anti-vaccination and other misleading claims in a crackdown on operators from the profession's governing board.