The Skeptical Community

For years there was a thread over at Skeptic.com titled Netanyahu says he will compromise, that detailed the systematic disenfranchisement of the...

The video below is 15 minutes long but you don't have to watch the whole thing. Just watch one minute, six seconds and turn it off. If you can.

You...

Viagra makes flowers stand up straight

Viagra (sildenafil citrate) is good not only for treating male impotence. Israeli and Australian researchers...

I figured this one could use its own thread. Seems pretty cool. I wonder how soon it will happen.

It says the video is 4K, if you have a display...

Just hauled a few boxes of old hard drives (3 40-meg hard drives!) and a Goldstar laptop I've had since the late 1980s, to the recycle center.

Gonna...

Human gene function publications that describe wrongly identified nucleotide sequence reagents are unacceptably frequent within the genetics...

Re-reading a dog-eared copy of this that I inherited from my father. Utterly charming novel set in pre-Chinese Hong Kong.

It was later made into...

Diet soda is the latest rage. Apparently causes everything. Should I also give up sucralose?

Yes indeedy

Nickel plated, gold (!) highlights!!!! Wowie zowie.

A classic shooter that anyone would be proud to own and you wouldn't give a shit...

Seriously, whose idea was this?

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The University of East Anglia's Hadley Climatic Research Centre appears to have suffered a security breach earlier today, when an unknown...

Does anyone really give a fuck? Apart from the cretins who are willing to pay megabucks to watch overpaid blokes kick a ball around a field?

I...

I don't think peer reviewed means what you think it means.

(ya, I know it wasn't claimed that this was peer reviewed, but with regards to losing...

From Watt's up with that blog:

It is my opinion that raw data, and independent analysis is a good thing, in science.

57 today. Given the life I've lead, it's a miracle.

I miss him, even though he is a bit on the French side.

And we all know what they get up to.

For some reason when I read a scientific article, educational site, or whatever the source, especially a big government official science page, and it...

Don't buy your beloved old Mum a litre of Bell's Whisky as a Christmas Present on the 17th of November because it's £3 off at Asda.

Ever since the leaked Navy videos were confirmed as real, and now legislation is being put forth to protect whistleblowers who come forward, UFOs, I...

This will hopefully hammer out some of my largest issues with religion and encourage some discussion. I hope people can stay civil and explore some...

and Cheetah ... united for eternity.

The key difference between a conventional antenna and the Cell Rover is the translation of electromagnetic waves into acoustic waves. “Their antenna...

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FTX’s Balance Sheet Was Bad (Matt Levine in Bloomberg)

If a troubled company has a few days to beg potential investors for a bailout before it...

The more you watch, the more freaky and distorted the faces appear.

Except for Tom Cruise.

The original SARS
A contagious and sometimes fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus.
SARS appeared in 2002 in China. It spread worldwide...

Came across an interesting history of the downfall of Theranos and its CEO Elizabeth Holmes in Vanity Fair .

It's a good case study for skeptical...

Goes without saying that these ladies are far sexier than AC with his damn harmonica.

I've been out and about a bit this week. Yesterday, I ended up at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry to see Stephenson's Rocket. :)...

Practical Explanation ( For Example ) :- `1st of all can you tell me every single seconds detail from that time when you born ?? ( i need every...

Yes it's that time of life.

Options.

1. Varifocal contact lenses. Fucking forget it, said my gorgeous, hijab-wearing, muslim optician, in slightly...

Case example: Japan

Japan was a relative latecomer to getting people vaccinated, but it finally got its act together and the rate of vaccination...

1. Karen can't resist an On Sale sign. In fact, it's a perfect day for Karen when all the items in her shopping cart are on sale. Karen will buy...

And unlike Vaccines, this has enough evidence behind it to trigger a class action lawsuit.

My son has ADHD. If the payout is more than a couple...

Figured we could use a thread for music that doesn't necessarily fall into the Bluesy category or others.

I just came across this youtube channel...

THE TOM PALVEN FUND

Dear Friends,

As the Covid-19 virus continues to mutate and accelerate, it is more important than ever to stop touching one's...

We were all conned, the Germans too. ~ Harry Patch.

Fools.

I am thinking of going into the silencer business. Why the hell not?