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New genetically engineered American chestnut will help restore the decimated, iconic tree 1 progressoid Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1452
New Years Resolutions cartoon. 1 ZombieHorde Apr 2015 Apr 2015 5 1466
New York attorney general to televangelist Jim Bakker: stop touting product as coronavirus cure 2 Eugene Mar 2020 Mar 2020 5 2259
Newsflash, foodies: Organic crops use carcinogenic pesticides 16 HuckleB Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 2373
Next time someone claims he's gluten-intolerant... 6 DetlefK Oct 2014 Nov 2014 2 2077
NHS Liverpool CCG ends funding for homeopathy 7 progressoid Jun 2016 Jun 2016 3 1735
NicK Cohen: Anti-vaxxers posing as victims has a history - look at Andrew Wakefield 1 LeftishBrit Jan 2021 Feb 2021 5 6097
No, It’s Not Your Opinion. You’re Just Wrong 6 TransitJohn Jul 2015 Jul 2015 5 4182
No, Monsanto Is Not Going On Trial For Crimes Against Humanity 3 HuckleB Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1453
No, Wayfair's Industrial Storage Units Do Not Come With Bonus Mole Children 2 muriel_volestrangler Jul 2020 Jul 2020 3 3681
No, You Shouldn't Question Everything 4 progressoid Aug 2016 Mar 2017 1 3053
Noam Chomsky - "Manufacturing Consent" 2 Boston_Chemist Dec 2011 Jan 2012 3 2065
Nomination for sceptic of the year 0 Ron Obvious May 2020 May 2020 0 2016
Non-GMO sugar plays major role in "Reeking, Oozing Algae (Which) Closes South Florida Beaches" 3 HuckleB Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1618
Nooscope mystery: The strange device of Putin's new man Anton Vaino 5 William Seger Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 2364
Nostradamus: A New Look at an Old Seer 10 SidDithers Apr 2011 Feb 2012 1 4399
Not only is Crooks and Liars going wacko with astrology... 1 Archae Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 1734
Not up for debate: the science behind vaccination 3 LeftishBrit Sep 2015 Sep 2015 5 1839
Note to tin-foilers, this is what an ACTUAL conspiracy looks like: 1 Odin2005 Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 2503
Note to woo-woos, St. Johns Wort is just another SSRI! 14 Odin2005 Apr 2012 Aug 2014 2 8308
Notorious AIDS-denial quack has died... 3 Archae Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1935
Novella Wrote A Great Piece On The Need for Improved Food Production 5 HuckleB Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1722
Now here's something "holistic" I can support. 1 progressoid Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1686
Now The Anti-GMO Crowd Thinks The Pope Is Great. 6 HuckleB Jun 2015 Jul 2015 0 1708
Nutiva's John Roulac: Anti GMO Leader, Big Organic Businessman, Master Manipulator 0 HuckleB Jul 2015 Jul 2015 0 1918
OAN (One America News) puts a total kook on... 8 Archae Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 5029
Obscene talc verdict overturned... 0 Archae Jun 2018 Jun 2018 1 1815
Officials in anti-vaccination 'hotspot' near Portland declare an emergency over measles outbreak 2 workinclasszero Jan 2019 Jan 2019 7 1695
Oh dear! I've jumped into it. 8 longship Jul 2016 Jul 2016 2 1902
Oh great... 3 Archae Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1911

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Oh, I was tempted ... so tempted - Harmonized H2O 7 intaglio May 2014 May 2014 2 2481
Oh, myyyy! George Takei falls for a Zika virus conspiracy theory 3 HuckleB Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 2023
Oh. My. Word. Negative ion "health" bracelets are made with radioactive materials. 6 eppur_se_muova Jun 2017 Jun 2017 8 4522
Oh.My.(Ostensible)Deity. Now I've seen everything. 2 eppur_se_muova Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 2091
Okay, Natural Nancy, PhD....satire or not? 8 Dr. Strange Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 3649
Okay. I'm thinking I need a bunch of skeptics here. 5 SheilaT Oct 2012 Oct 2012 3 2475
OMG!WTF?LOL!BBQmmm 5 Heddi Dec 2011 Dec 2011 4 2572
On Friday the 13th, a 'nurse' with a cure for superstition 1 trotsky Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1810
On the one hand, I celebrate independence in my students 11 LeftishBrit Aug 2018 Aug 2018 3 2277
On the subject of UFOs 9 LSFL Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 3500
On the Viability of Conspiratorial Beliefs 1 progressoid Jan 2016 Jan 2016 3 1502
Once again, some DUers think science is a democratic proposition. 17 HuckleB Jul 2015 Jul 2015 0 2661
Once again, the Huffer Post goes off the woo deep end... 3 Archae Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1823
One of DU's famous anti-science folks is upset about anti-science BS. 0 HuckleB Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 1348
One of the reasons I distrust the World Health Organization... 2 Archae Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1983
One very, very important question about the moon-landing hoax... 7 DetlefK Nov 2017 Nov 2017 5 2180
Online communication biases upon the public perception of science 1 TZ Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 1862
Online-tools for debunking hoaxes and fakes 2 DetlefK Dec 2015 Dec 2015 8 1602
OPEN LETTER TO THE EU PARLIAMENT FROM A KENYAN FARMER: LEAVE AFRICA ALONE 0 HuckleB Jun 2016 Jun 2016 2 1535
Oprah Winfrey for President? Does anyone remember all the pseudoscience and quackery shes promoted? 12 progressoid Jan 2018 Apr 2018 13 3002
Organic Approved Pest Control Kills 90% Of Bumblebees It Contacts: Liverpool Study. 0 HuckleB Nov 2015 Nov 2015 2 1520
Organic farmer loses suit against ethical farmer. 1 HuckleB Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 1653
Organic farming increases profits. And this is considered awesome at DU? 6 HuckleB Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1633
Organic Fertilizer Is Great at Killing Bees 0 HuckleB Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1352
Organic food doesn't prevent cancer... 11 Archae Apr 2014 Jul 2014 1 3490
Organic industry confused by GMO vaccines 0 HuckleB Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1535
Organic industry funded piece attacks Monsanto for spreading science. 2 HuckleB Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1488
Organic Industry Works To "Replace" Neonics With Even More Toxic Pesticides 2 HuckleB Oct 2015 Dec 2015 1 1967
Organic pesticides aren’t necessarily more sustainable than synthetic 0 HuckleB Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1403
Organic Valley highlights inauthenticity with the usual lies 0 HuckleB Jul 2016 Jul 2016 2 1579

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Our favorite "new" anti-GMO poster is back with some Henry Rowlands nonsense. 0 HuckleB Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 1514
Our favourite "you create your own reality" troll is back 10 Heddi Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 2901
Ow, my brain! 5 progressoid May 2016 May 2016 3 1673
Oxford scientist resigns from the Royal Society over Elon Musk's continuing fellowship 1 LeftishBrit Nov 2024 Nov 2024 20 1148
Oxford University study shows that one in five people believe that Coronavirus is a hoax 6 LeftishBrit May 2020 May 2020 8 2550
Oy veh 4 AlbertCat Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 2164
Oy, the paranoia over domestic drones is getting ridiculous. 10 Odin2005 Apr 2012 May 2012 1 3972
Pair of conservative science authors on C-Span 2 (Book TV), on now 5 We People Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 3289
Panic! Panic! Panic! Fear! Fear! Fear! 4 Archae Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1639
Parents convicted in son's death linked to alternative diet 5 HAB911 Jun 2017 Jun 2017 3 2428
Paris Attacks Could Be ISIS Death Throes by Marc Simms 3 HuckleB Nov 2015 Nov 2015 3 1511
Pasta Company Lies About GMOs On Facebook, And Gets Bombarded With Reality. 5 HuckleB Jul 2016 Jul 2016 1 2035
Paul Karason, Real-life 'Blue Man,' Dies at 62 4 progressoid Sep 2013 Oct 2013 0 2874
Penis Facials Aren't Backed By Science -- Sorry, Sandra Bullock 8 progressoid Jun 2018 Jul 2018 0 2623
People are apparently injecting themselves with other people's blood 4 HAB911 Jul 2017 Aug 2017 5 3778
People love watching nature on nest cams -- until it gets grisly 2 Kali Jun 2018 Jun 2018 3 1882
People think Apollo didn't have enough fuel to get to the moon?-Youtube video. 1 Eko Dec 2023 Jan 2024 6 2723
Personality Disorder begins PRIOR TO CONCEPTION!!!! 17 HereSince1628 Jun 2012 Sep 2012 0 6519
Personality tests, are they BS? 14 Aberwic Dec 2011 Jan 2012 0 5759
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