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Non-profit, public interest website dedicated to exposing and ending waste, fraud, and abuse associated with the use of the polygraph and other purported lie detectors. Provides a thorough debunking of the pseudoscience of polygraphy.
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Education Resources
Skeptical Resources
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12th September 2008
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A site showcasing the truth and myths about autism.
With articles on treatment and pseudo solutions.
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19th May 2006
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The offical website of Ben Goldacre's weekly Bad Science column, also published in the Guardian since 2003.
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Media
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17th May 2006
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Watch videos of a group of scientists and philosophers on topics about Science, Religion, Reason and Survival.
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23rd November 2006
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As part of UK Skeptics' ongoing objectives to provide unbaised, easy-to-understand information to the general public, they have produced the first of many downloadable factsheets.
The first topic is Chiropractic, and UK Skeptics hope that the factsheet will be useful to those who might be considering the treatment without knowing what it really is.
The factsheets are not aimed at skeptics or hardcore believers, but those everyday folk who might not realise practices like Chiropractic are quackery.
Feel free to download and save it to your hard drive, print it out and distribute it to anyone you know who is considering Chiropractic, or email them the URL.
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15th September 2006
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Dave takes on fake science, bad science, celebrity science (oops, already said bad science) and even TMNT science and shows where they're wrong and makes fun of them. Very interesting for those who think doing science right and keeping the mouth shut - or keyboard out of reach - when we're not really sure is a good idea!
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29th March 2007
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HeathWatch is a longstanding UK based registered charity with an authoritative and international membership. It encourages scientific testing of conventional, complementary and alternative medicine and therapies. It has no connection with drug companies, or manufacturers of unlicensed health remedies, and receives no funds from vested interests.
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12th June 2006
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A blog monitoring and criticising the activities of the UK media nutritionist Patrick Holford.
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Media
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29th March 2007
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A site designed to promote Physics education and Critical Thinking. Includes a group of reviews and articles on bad science (mostly bad Physics) in movies. Very entertaining for those so entertained!
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Entertainment
Media
Skeptical Resources
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29th March 2007
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Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology Education and Outreach
This website is a depository from the seismological community with links to education materials such as information sheets, animations, software, and programs for both educators and students. A few highlighs:
* software to turn your mac laptop into a seismometer
* order posters on various seismic topics for your classroom.
* internships for both undergraduate and graduate students
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Computer Related Links
Education Resources
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2nd October 2008
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In this short video James Randi explains homeopathy. This is a portion of the lecture Randi gave at Princeton in 2001.
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Videos
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25th April 2008
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One of several free online scientific journals. It requires registering, but that is free, and all the content is free as well. Regular updates via mail can be requested upon registration.
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Education Resources
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26th February 2009
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Weekly heavyweight science magazine.
Nature ... the world's foremost weekly scientific journal, was launched in 1869. Nature Genetics the first Nature research journal, followed 123 years later. Now Nature Publishing Group (NPG) publishes nine Nature research journals, seven Nature Reviews journals and four Nature Clinical Practice titles.
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8th January 2006
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Resource for debunking medical myths.
Quackwatch, Inc., is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies. Its primary focus is on quackery-related information that is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere. Founded by Dr. Stephen Barrett in 1969.
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Richard Feynman Physics 1 Chunk 1
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Videos
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21st March 2007
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Over three hours total, 21 YouTube videos in all, investigating Richard Gage's 9/11 controlled demolition assertions category by category. Hosted and produced by Chris Mohr, who debated Richard Gage in Boulder CO on March 6 2011. Easy for laypeople to understand, put together with the help of metallurgists, chemists, engineers, 9/11 FDNY first responders, foundry workers, physicists etc., abundant visual aids, no acrimony. Here are links to the first 8 videos. Easy keywords: Richard Gage, Blueprint for Truth, Rebuttal, Debunked, 9/11.
Here are links to the introduction and parts 1-6 of my YouTube Gage rebuttals. This is 1/3 of the total of what will soon be available:
intro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC3JgWkNNIQ
part 1 how collapses initiated http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-WQdmpdM_g
part 2 Richard's ten reasons for natural collapse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If5C8YiXHhE
part 3 history of fire collapses http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsjfSG69Pik
part 4 symmetrical/freefall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsjfSG69Pik
part 5 lateral ejection of steel and squibs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2538YN1l1nA
part 6 pulverized concrete and steel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD0zg1OwBSo
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Conspiracy Theory - Useful Links
Resources for debunking 9/11 Conspiracy Theories
Education Resources
Videos
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6th July 2011
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Companion website to the book Quirkology.
‘Quirkology’ is a term coined by Prof Richard Wiseman to refer to psychological research that is quirky. Much of this work uses mainstream methods to investigate unusual topics, or unusual methods to investigate mainstream topics.
The official Quirkology website has loads of online experiments you can participate in, plus video clips and animations.
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Entertainment
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2nd May 2007
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A blog that scientifically examines medical and health topics of interest to the public. This includes reviewing newly published studies, examining dubious products and claims, providing much needed scientific balance to the often credulous health reporting, and exploring issues related to the regulation of scientific quality in medicine. 5 MD authors: Steven Novella, David Gorski, Kimball Atwood, Wallace Sampson, and Harriet Hall (the SkepDoc).
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3rd September 2008
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ScienceNOW is an online daily news service and part of the online Science magazine that is hosted and published by the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science). The articles selected for ScienceNOW are free and available to the public for four (4) weeks after original date of publication.
This is a useful online source for the latests news coming from the scientific community. It is for those who do not have access to a Science subscription. The articles selected for this publication are written for a general public audience and it is updated every weekday.
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Education Resources
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5th February 2008
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Jenny McCarthy has been appearing on talk shows and other media with stories about herself and her son. The purpose of this website is simply to show, by presenting factual and current information, what McCarthy is wrong about.
The media must stop giving McCarthy an unchallenged platform and must stop allowing McCarthy to keep spreading misinformation that is alarming other parents.
McCarthy asserts passionately that she is the voice for parents. Please, NO. Parents need an informed voice.
There is nothing wrong with loving your child. There is something wrong when profits are made by selling claims in books that can clearly be shown to be false.
McCarthy has no educational background, and no license to give any type of medical advice on any medically related topic. Becoming a parent of an autistic child is a huge job, but that does not make McCarthy's google research and interpretation of the experiences more valid than others who have had the same experiences and come to different conclusions. We ask that McCarthy re-evaluate her assertions, and ask all parents to learn about the issue in depth.
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Education Resources
Skeptical Resources
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19th October 2008
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Learning how to be a Homeopath and what Homeopathy really is - this website is dedicated to examining what it takes to become a Homeopath and the science behind Homeopathy.
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There cannot be a more marvellous substance than water. Which is why this substance is the subject of more quack claims than any other. If you come across unusual claims for water, chances are they are in this list already.
The author is Stephen Lower, retired Professor of Chemistry.
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9th May 2006
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The quackometer is a project based around the automation of debunking quack medicine on the web. Is it is easy to spot quack web sites just from the language they use? Can you tell if someone is a quack from the web sites they inhabit?
News Alerts, Blog and 'QuackSafe' Web Searching too.
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Skeptical Resources
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8th April 2007
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The website of Harriet Hall, MD, The SkepDoc, who writes about medicine, science, alternative medicine, quackery, and critical thinking. Lists her writings and has links to many of her articles.
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3rd September 2008
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Weekly popular science magazine.
Since 1956 we have been keeping our readers up to date with the latest science and technology news from around the world. With a network of correspondents and seven editorial offices worldwide we have a global reach that no other science magazine can match.
In every issue, New Scientist carries hundreds of the best jobs in science from around the world.
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8th January 2006
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PubMed is a service of the National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.
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Monthly popular science magazine.
Scientific American, the oldest continuously published magazine in the U.S., has been bringing its readers unique insights about developments in science and technology for more than 150 years.
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8th January 2006
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The offical website of Dr Philip Plait, aka "The Bad Astronomer"
Who is this guy who calls himself "The Bad Astronomer?" Is he really bad? Is he really an astronomer?
First, yes, I am a real live astronomer (when people ask me what astronomers do, I tell them "They astronom!"). My name is Philip Plait and I work at the physics and astronomy department at Sonoma State University, a member of the California State University system. I am currently working on a NASA-sponsored public outreach program for a satellite named GLAST (Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope).
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18th January 2006
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MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.
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18th January 2006
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