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Every once in a while I'll run across a claim that is so wildly ridiculous that I question, for a time, if it is meant as a joke.  Sadly...

One of the things that strikes me, both about many purveyors of alt-med bullshit and their customers, is how little effort they exert even t...

Apparently, Australia being nonexistent and people selling homeopathic black holes weren't enough, so a friend and loyal reader of Skept...

We've had psychic vampire repellent.  We've had people selling "raw water."  We've even had jade eggs that women are, ...

Here at Skeptophilia , I try not to focus day after day on people who believe crazy stuff.  After all, loony ideas are kind of a dime a doze...

If there's one thing that gets me really bent out of shape, it's people using scientific words in completely screwy ways. After al...

It's been a while since we've had a new bizarre alt-med claim to poke fun at, so I was delighted when a loyal reader sent me a link ...

There's something about water that is mysterious.  It comprises, by some estimates, an average of 65% of the mass of living tissue.  We...

I'd always wondered how "aromatherapy" was supposed to work.  I mean, I like nice-smelling things as much as the next guy, but...