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The Rubber Hand Illusion Doesn't Hold Up Scientifically

A world-famous psychological experiment with over 5,000 citations may be another reason for the increased skepticism about psychology claims. used to help explain the brain's understanding of the…

Could We See LHC Neutrinos In IceCube? The Answer, As Always, Is Five Sigma

For the (likely going to be dramatically unsuccessful) series "Questions you would have liked your son asked you when you visited CERN together", I feature today a rather unconventional curiosity…

Tiny Survey Claims Vaping Will Cause People To Start Smoking

If you sip a beer when you are a teenager, are you going to become a raging alcoholic? You are according to the logic of anti-smoking activists who won the war on cigarettes and need a one place to…

The Friends Of The Earth Pesticide Paper Is Published And So Bad Even Salon Won't Carry It. Oh Wait, They Will...

The Washington Post has long been a left-leaning publication and it is said that's the paper satirist Mort Sahl was lampooning when he began joking about the headline of a liberal outlet after a…