In Robert Park's follow up book Superstition: Belief in the Age of Science, he dives into topics that some people dare to investigate or...

This book is a good and easy read. DeGrandpre tells us about the over use of Ritalin for the treatment of ADD. The most probable cause for A...

Believing in Magic, by Stuart A. Vyse, is a book which examines human superstition; how it is acquired, why people continue to believe in su...

When I was younger, my parents were real strict about what we ate as a kid. We were not allowed to drink soda and were limited to candy all ...

In Robert Park’s 2000 book titled Voodoo Science , Park debunks pseudoscientific claims as well as bogus therapies. Being a physicist, P...

Something that I have always found very i nteresting is the placebo effect. Th e placebo effect is a phenomenon in which an inert substance...

Psychics Crime Detectives and their abilities? There are times when law enforcement officials are baffled by certain cases. Unable to find...

In researching additional pseudoscience topics I came across this organization, the International Flat Earth Research Society. I thought to ...

Cryptozoology is the study of cryptids, or animals that are not classified by science as “real” animals. These animals can include unicorns,...

Carl Sagan’s Demon-Haunted World is a book of individualized chapters containing pseudoscience or paranormal events, sometimes Sagan’s own e...

It was a beautiful sunny day, blue sky and puffy white clouds. I was sitting in front of my house one day taking to my sister and jok...

Thomas Gilovich’s book, “How We Know What Isn’t So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life,” focuses on the common errors humans m...

Voodoo Science is written by Robert Park who is a Physics professor and former chairman of the Department of Physics. The book explores clai...

VooDoo Science is a book by Robert Park whose goal is to distingush real science from fake science by using the scientific method. The book...

Teacher's sometimes find themselves encountering problems when teaching a classroom of students. Some students do not pay attention and ...

Throughout my childhood, I was never able to get through the summer season without being warned by a concerned family member that I "sh...

I'm sure that we have all heard of the alleged psychic, John Edwards. He has a Television show called "Crossing over" on which...

I remember an old wives tale that used to say if you touched a toad you would get a wart. These toads look like they have warts all ov...

The Loch Ness Monster first gained notoriety in May 1933 when Alex Campbell who was a law enforcement officer patrolling Loch Ness and part-...

In Chapter 7.1 "Cognition" of Timothy Lawson's "Scientific Perspectives on Pseudoscience and the Paranormal" Michel ...