I was sent the following link by a friend and they were concerned that someone was passing it around on Twitter. What would be some good refutations for its content? http://www.inf …

Ask "anyone" and you'll hear that DDT was responsible for countless deformed children, failed pregnancies, and other awful consequences. I have heard mention more than once how ter …

What's the current medical consensus on daily multivitamins? Are they effective for kids? For adults?

Wireless routers emit microwave radiation. Could this adversely affect someone's health? I'm particularly interested in a quantitative comparison of WiFi radiation and other common …

Just today, an Indian friend of mine asked me what I thought of Ayur Veda as I've established myself quite strongly as "The Skeptic" among my colleagues at university. I don't know …

What is the concept of transhumanism? Is it a science? Is it realistic?

I am researching ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (formerly known and sometimes still referred to as ADD, and that now includes three subgroups, one of which has mini …

I heard recently on a podcast (sorry, I can't recall which) a member of the skeptical community suggesting that treatments that are only as effective as placebos, such as homeopath …

I know that the Bowen technique is supposedly a soft tissue remedial therapy, named after its innovator Tom Bowen and involves the therapist using fingers or thumbs to move over mu …

Taken from a comment on Think|Atheist: Cholesterol drugs are among the worst, most lethal drugs of all, being pushed onto absolutely everyone. They've never even established th …

I thought I read that it's a myth that caffeine is a diuretic...but I've heard a lot from both sides.

My mom and my grandma always love to remind me not to go outside with wet hair or in (what they think) aren't warm enough clothes because then I'll surely catch a cold! (OH NO!) I …

Does any one have (or can work out) some fun and easy to remember examples of how diluted a homeopathy remedy is. The below example is fine written down but not easy to explain ov …

Do cell phones cause cancer? This one has been getting a lot of press of late.

A claim that often crops up with regards to various quack treatments is that they "cure cancer" (without, of course, actually treating, preventing, mitigating or curing or constitu …