Skeptoid

Young Earthers point to an infamous dating error as evidence that the Earth is only as old as the Bible says. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A skeptical look at the claim that FEMA maintains a network of prison camps in readiness. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A collection of bizarre human skulls from around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some believe that NASA is trying to turn Saturn or Jupiter into a small sun. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Answering more questions sent in by students. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

More fun from the listener feedback files. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Belief that this hill in Bosnia is an ancient pyramid is driven by New Age woo and pathological science. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Sellers of new-age water treatment products charge outrageous prices for a product with zero plausibility. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Guess whether these popular characters from history were real or fictional. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The facts behind the story that a heavenly host saved a small group of British from a large German force in WWI. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid answers another round of questions submitted by students. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Hard to believe, but it wasn't space aliens that caused blinking lights in Rendlesham Forest in 1980. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptics and believers both tend to accuse each other of closed-mindedness in their thinking. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Australian outback's mysterious jack o' lantern has sparked some good stories, but some even better science. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

We cast our skeptical eye upon two vast hazards to navigation said to lurk in the centers of the two great oceans. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Wealthy and powerful men gather annually at the mysterious Bohemian Grove -- but not to plot global domination. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

If they're offering extraterrestrial real estate or star-naming rights for sale, chances are it's a ripoff. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This mysterious treasure pit on a Nova Scotia island has a fascinating natural explanation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid answers some questions sent in by students. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The artificial sweetener aspartame is falsely accused of being the cause of nearly every disease. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

We turn our skeptical eye on claims of incorruptibility - bodies that do not decay after death. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A critical look at the pseudoscientific antics of some of today's celebrities. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A critical look at the original UFO abduction story, that so many people take for granted. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

More fun from the inbox, responding to listener feedback. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A close look at HAARP, the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, and the claim that it's a superweapon. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

No, Nikola Tesla did not design a superweapon capable of vaporizing whole parts of the earth. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A new Young Earth Fundamentalist online encyclopedia rears its ugly head. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid answers some more questions from students. Send yours in today! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

An exploration of the best way to evaluate an old, unsubstantiated folk legend like The Bell Witch. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

There is neither evidence nor plausible hypothetical foundation for cell phone signals to be at all dangerous. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Being known as a skeptic is not necessarily good for your social life. Here's how to overcome the difficulties. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A pair of young Italian brothers probably didn't uncover evidence of Soviet cosmonauts dying in space. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid answers some questions sent in by students. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

For the first time ever, the active ingredients in homeopathic preparations are revealed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Despite the popular fearmongering, GMO technologies promise a boon to agriculture and humanity. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Misinformation and fantasy surrounds the popular Tibet notions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The pope canonized them, but these three children didn't actually predict anything in 1917. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some people believe that CERN's Large Hadron Collider will create black holes that will destroy the Earth. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A look at one of Russia's most bizarre mysteries of mass death. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A look at mysterious shortwave "numbers stations" around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A look at the tale, the popular explanation, and the real science behind it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some people believe that your brain encodes its actual meaning in reverse within everything you say. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Another visit to the endless well of listeners comments and criticisms. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Vitamin C does nothing to prevent or reduce the severity of colds. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Stanford Prison Experiment, said to have proven that evil environments produce evil behavior, was completely unscientific and unreliable. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A look back correcting some of the facts and figures that Skeptoid has gotten wrong. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

When we run out of oil, society will likely peacefully and gradually adapt. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

TWA Flight 800 was not shot down by US friendly fire. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Despite their reputation for mystical powers, crystal skulls are neither ancient nor mysterious. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

New high resolution imagery has proven that this hill on Mars doesn't look quite so much like a carved face after all. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices