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The AAP Fights Back

In a response to Michelle Bachmann’s accusations concerning the HPV vaccine, the American Academy of Pediatricians had this to say: The American Academy of Pediatrics would like to correct false...

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Dennis Markuze/Dave Mabus Psychological Evaluation

As you may know, Mabus was arrested for “allegedly”  making death threats and given a 30 day court-ordered psychological evaluation. It has been 30 days since the article was published in Global...

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Preventing Shoddy Science

Currently I am working on an article titled “Supertaster Or Discerning Palate?” in which I run an experiment to see if I am what is known as a supertaster. A supertaster is someone who has a higher...

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Apocalypse Now

Well, tomorrow anyway. Our friend Harold Camping is still claiming that the world will be destroyed by fire tomorrow, October 21. He already failed to predict the Rapture on May 21. By the end of the...

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Harold Camping Was Wrong

Yeah, yeah. No surprise there. Just as when May 21st turned out to be a bust, now Camping and his crew are doing their usual spin. At the end of this post you will find today’s email from Harold...

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Turn Your Social Network Into A News Outlet: Part 1

For the next few weeks I’ll be talking about a new way you can spread the word about science and skepticism using social networking. While blogging is an excellent way to get your message out,...

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Turn Your Social Network Into A News Outlet: Part 2

Last time I talked about the different news aggregators you can use to gather stories. Today I’m going to talk about Google Reader since this is the aggregator I use. I’ll also explain step-by-step how...

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How To Evaluate A Medical Study

I still maintain that the best college course I ever took was psychological statistics. During the course we learned how to create and read psychological studies, including things like what a...

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I Disagree And You’re A Smelly Butthead :-P

Those of you who are friends with me on Facebook may have noticed my status earlier today. Sometimes things get a little overwhelming for me and I just want to curl up in a little ball and hide....

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Education: The Greatest Gift You Can Give Yourself

As some of you may know, I started back to college in January with the intention of getting my degree in one of the biological sciences. Working for the JREF as their volunteer managing blog editor has...

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The Selfie Trend

copyright globedia.com Boy, Selfies sure are a thing now, aren’t they? It probably started to erupt the moment Apple and Samsung started putting cameras on the front of their phones. Selfies aren’t the...

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Racism and Donald Trump ?

You would be hard pressed to find a more consistent issue routinely discussed in the media today than that of racism. Clearly, there are a lot of combative issues at even the mention of the topic....

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Is the American Dream still alive ?

I don’t know about you but this American dream thing we used to hear about hasn’t been mentioned a whole lot in the mass media. At least not in any positive light. Some consider whether the American...

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Microdermabrasion : a solid method for skin maintenance

copyright drsaket.com Fighting the effects of aging has always been a challenging process for me, and most times, it’s an expensive one. You know I don’t like the shiny and nonsense cosmetic treatments...

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Why I don’t watch Reality TV shows

Copyright 2015 Tangient LLC – wikispace When was the last time you looked at your TV screen, saw someone from Jersey Shore partying it up while making slobbering drunken rants, and said to yourself,...

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Body wraps : are they really effective ?

Among the articles I found on the website that listed the top microdermabrasion machines for our post about microdermabrasion, I found one that was about body wraps. I have to admit I was curious about...

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What if donald Trump was president of USA ?

Donald Trump is a man you would call larger than life. His personality has made its way from reality television into the political spectrum, and he’s not shy about saying exactly what he thinks. His...

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Take cosmetic reviews with a grain of salt

What’s the first thing we as consumers look at when shopping for a product online? It’s not the shipping cost. It’s not the color or design. It’s the reviews. If there’s one thing a savvy shopper knows...

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Why do women like to wear makeup?

It may seem like it’s obvious, but the mystery of why women wear makeup still hangs in the air around menfolk and other women who find the concept of foundation foreign. Why can’t women just go around...

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Why I love christmas time

Tis the season for the glow of gleaming lights and presents piled under the Christmas tree. The smell of frost fills the air, and quiet snowfalls make those inside their homes feel all warm and cozy...

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