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Archivo de October 2008



Joe Nickell to Appear on CNN on the topic of Exorcism

Friday, October 31st, 2008 | Por admin | Category Lead Articles, Paranormal News

CSI’s senior research fellow Joe Nickell will provide a hard-nosed dose of science and skepticism to the subject of exorcism in general and Bob Larson in particular on today’s CNN Newsroom.



Celebrities who promote harmful pseudoscience

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 | Por admin | Category Lead Articles, Paranormal News

The Ten Most Wanted Celebrities Who Promote Harmful Pseudoscience



NASA Messenger spacecraft flies past Mercury again

Monday, October 6th, 2008 | Por admin | Category Science News

The NASA MESSENGER spacecraft made its second flyby past Mercury on Monday morning, getting closer to the planet than ever before.



One in Four Mammals at Risk of Extinction

Monday, October 6th, 2008 | Por admin | Category Science News

One in four of the world’s 5,487 known mammal species face extinction, according to a new conservation “report card” unveiled today.



Applying Science to Alternative Medicine

Monday, October 6th, 2008 | Por admin | Category Science News

More than 80 million adults in the United States are estimated to use some form of alternative medicine, from herbs and megavitamins to yoga and acupuncture. But while sweeping claims are made for these treatments, the scientific evidence for them often lags far behind: studies and clinical trials, when they exist at all, can be shoddy in design and too small to yield reliable insights.

Now the federal government is working hard to raise the standards of evidence, seeking to distinguish between what is effective, useless and harmful or even dangerous.



The Newcastle United are cursed or so it claims a paranormal “expert”

Sunday, October 5th, 2008 | Por admin | Category Paranormal News

A kooky paranormal expert claims that Newcastle United are currently hexed due to the negative aura that is encircling the club.