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Saturday, September 18, 2021

The reawakening of Merlin

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A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about a site in Hertfordshire, England called "Arthur's Seat" that has long been associa...
Friday, September 17, 2021

Prolix proverbs

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I thought I'd have a little fun with this week's Fiction Friday, and throw some word puzzles at you.  It may stretch the definition ...
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Thursday, September 16, 2021

Bias amplification

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Last week I had a frustrating exchange with an acquaintance over the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine. He'd posted on social media a meme ...
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Acoustic illusions

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Some years ago I was in a musical trio called AlizĂ© that specialized in traditional French folk music.  One weekend we played a gig at a loc...
Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Unknown unknowns

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One of my college physics professors made a statement to his class that was mind-boggling in its inaccuracy.  We'd been learning about t...
Monday, September 13, 2021

A genetic mixed bag

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One of the subtlest features of the evolutionary model, and one often misunderstood even by people who understand and accept natural selecti...
Saturday, September 11, 2021

Birds of unusual size

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It's been a while since we've had anything here at Skeptophilia  of a purely cryptozoological nature, partly because the ongoing sig...
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Gordon Bonnet
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