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Junk Science

Like conspiracy theories, junk science is also wide spread. Let’s put an end to it.

The December MISkeptics Get Together

Our next Get Together will be on Saturday, November 13 at 4:00 PM. Our special guest will be Peter Sinclair of Climate Denial Crock of the Week. He will be speaking and giving a video presentation.

Good Morning America Touts Homeopathy as Flu Cure

This morning on Good Morning America, they brought a guest on to talk about flu prevention and cures for children. The guest was Dr Lawrence Rosen of the Whole Child Center in Oradell, New Jersey. Generally not a big deal right? They have stuff like this on all the time right? Unfortunately this is a big deal.

The Dunning Brian Effect: Episode 4 of the Drunken Skeptics Podcast

Here is the next episode of The Drunken Skeptics Podcast!

In this episode, we talk with Brian Dunning of Skeptoid. An outrageously popular weekly audio podcast dedicated to furthering knowledge by blasting away the widespread pseudosciences that infect popular culture.

Vaccine Hearing – Streaming 3:30pm 10/28

I received an e-mail from Mary Tocco, who runs MOM Vaccine (“Michigan Opposing Mandatory Vaccines”) announcing that there will be a hearing regarding the H1N1 and Gardasil vaccines today.

Inject This! Episode One of the Drunken Skeptics Podcast.

Our first episode of the Drunken Skeptics Podcast is finally ready!

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Watches YouTube

I spent a little time today watching the United Nations General Assembly with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. I find it very disturbing that he seems to be implying that democracy is the cause of strife and poverty in the world when it was the enlightenment and democracy that promoted the majority of the world’s greatest revelations.

Treat your most common ails with recycled medical waste

Here’s a lovely little piece of Snake Oil I found. Harvested sea salt that is supposed to contain recycled pharmaceuticals from water treatment plants.

Penn & Teller Take on Anti-Vax on “Bullshit” Tonight

Tonight is a new episode of “Penn & Teller: Bullshit” and this should be a good one. This time they take on the anti-vax groups. Click for a Preview.

Come and Chat with two Real Paranormal Investigation Groups!

The Ann Arbor Science & Skeptics are meeting up this Wednesday, on August 11th at El Camino Real. We will enjoy some tasty Mexican food and cerveza/margaritas/soda and discussing ghost-hunting.

New study presents unmistakable evidence for global warming

For quite some time now, the evidence that the Earth is warming up has been piling up. Study after study has shown this, and that’s why the vast majority of scientists agree on it. And now, to pile on even more, a large NOAA study has been released reiterating this fact.