A Skeptic Reads the Newspaper

A Skeptic Reads the Newspaper
Benjamin Radford

I wrote a column about dinosaurs having been extinct for 65 million years, and got a curious creationist challenge.

A Skeptic Reads the Newspaper
Benjamin Radford

New footage of Champ, the monster said to inhabit Lake Champlain, is out! Monster, hoax, or deer?

A Skeptic Reads the Newspaper
Benjamin Radford

The “Montauk Monster” was a strange creature found on a New York beach. It’s dead, but it’s back!

A Skeptic Reads the Newspaper
Benjamin Radford

Ghost hunter Patrick Burns has a new book– by a well-known children’s textbook publisher–on ghosts for kids.

A Skeptic Reads the Newspaper
Benjamin Radford

In the past few weeks, a series of faked abductions and false rape/abduction claims have surfaced.

A Skeptic Reads the Newspaper
Benjamin Radford

San Francisco Chronicle reported that anti-Castro forces, with the help of the CIA, introduced swine flu to Cuba

A Skeptic Reads the Newspaper
Benjamin Radford

The new Robert Downey / Jamie Foxx film “The Soloist” depicts atheists

A Skeptic Reads the Newspaper
Benjamin Radford

New Mexico has been stalked by a serial killer, dumping bodies in the desert. Why aren’t psychics helping solve the crime?

A Skeptic Reads the Newspaper
Benjamin Radford

A new guide for skeptical activism includes over 100 ideas for spreading critical thinking

A Skeptic Reads the Newspaper
Benjamin Radford

Should skeptics hoax the public to prove a point, or is that a breach of ethics?