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UK Bans Creationism While US Still Fights Loch Ness Monsterism
Last week, the UK updated their requirements for all state-funded schools and academies (click “Church of England and Catholic single...
Catching Your Past Life Murderer
There’s a meme going around social media at the moment, instructing you to go to Google (not Bing. Never Bing.)...
Chemtrail Conspiracy Theory Finally Exposed
Imagine you are the leader of a powerful country. Let’s call it the Bunited Spates of Flamerica. Your people are...
The (Psychic?) Dreams of Psychologists
Look, I blame myself. I took a few weeks off from writing Unpopular Science posts because I was traveling and...
Court Rulings “They” Don’t Want You to Know About
What is the world coming to? It’s almost as if you can’t even trick people into giving you money in...
The Woman Who Thinks She Can Will Herself Out of Her Body
“Hold on just a second,” you’re thinking to yourself (I am not a psychic but I occasionally play one in...
Ragnarok, or Apocalypse by Press Release
I had a vivid dream two nights ago, in which I was gathered with dozens of friends in a large...
Woman Forced to Marry Man-God with Tail
Via BoingBoing I discovered this intriguing tale (ahem, sorry) of a man with a 37cm “tail” in Banharat, West Bengal....
Did Ancient Aliens Build Giant Stone Boxes in Egypt?
As usual, the answer to every headline question is, “probably not,” but I’ll leave this for you to decide. My...
On the Probability of Aliens Dressed as Nuns Visiting Las Vegas
It’s not enough for a whistleblower to reveal that the United States government has been secretly running a vast operation...
