Who won 2020 Rusty Razor Award for pseudoscience?
Details of the 2020 Ocham Awards, all done online this year. So who gets the Rusty Razor award for the worst pseudoscience of the year?
Skeptic news
Bizarre Scientific Paper: Amulets may prevent COVID-19
Retracted paper claimed that Jade Amulets may help prevent COVID-19. What is the story here and how exactly did this get published?
The New US Dept of Defense UFO Task Force
On Aug 14, 2020 the US Dept of Defense issued the following press release concerning a new UFO Task Force … On Aug. 4, 2020, Deputy Secretary of Defense David L. Norquist approved the establishment of an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Task Force (UAPTF). The Department of the Navy, under the cognizance of the Office … Read more
Trump’s latest COVID-19 scam – Oleandrin
The latest Trump “Cure” for COVID-19 is oleandrin. Evidence that it works? None at all. If you take this, then get your affairs in order.
Fake News Update: Twitter Bans 7,000 QAnon accounts
Twitter has taken the bold step of removing thousands of QAnon accounts. What is the backstory here, why have they done this?
Republican Vaccine Conspiracy Theories
When media stories pander to what we believe, we need to be very cautious and hit pause. Analytical thinking truly does matter for such items.