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Alien conspiracy theorists think the government is on the verge of spilling big secrets 5 progressoid Nov 2014 Jan 2015 0 2275

Anti-vaxxers caught on hidden camera: ‘Measles is a harmless disease, so give your kids sugar pills’ 5 progressoid Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 1899

Florida naturopath facing charges after treating girl’s fatal leukemia with vitamins and vegan diet 1 progressoid Mar 2015 Mar 2015 2 1421

Professor Brian Cox Hits Back At Astrology-Believing Tory MP David Tredinnick 1 progressoid Mar 2015 Mar 2015 3 1452

The anti-GM lobby appears to be taking a page out of the Climategate playbook 1 progressoid Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 1372

By the way... 3 progressoid Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 1634

We don’t need labels on genetically modified foods 2 progressoid Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1478

Wikipedia vs Quackery – Standards vs Chaos 2 progressoid Apr 2015 Apr 2015 5 1348

How Anti-Vaxxers Sound to Normal People 0 progressoid Apr 2015 Apr 2015 5 1364

Anti-vaccers voted Worst People on Facebook (Food Babe Army comes in second) 0 progressoid May 2015 May 2015 0 1348

What’s the harm? An Australian child dies while undergoing a particularly cruel form of quackery 2 progressoid May 2015 May 2015 4 2394

This interview did not go too well for the Food Babe 0 progressoid May 2015 May 2015 1 1642

That’s what you get for catering to pseudoscience – more pseudoscience. 9 progressoid May 2015 May 2015 2 2823

Another bright star in the firmament. *sarcasm* 0 progressoid May 2015 May 2015 1 1310

Activated charcoal: The latest detox fad in an obsessive food culture 4 progressoid May 2015 May 2015 1 2364

Anti-vaccers petition to have Mercury removed from solar system 5 progressoid Jun 2015 Jun 2015 4 2975

Are We Seeing the End of Homeopathy? 4 progressoid Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 1593

This is for us "shills".... 1 progressoid Jul 2015 Jul 2015 3 1333

So it appears Jim Carrey is still an idiot. 2 progressoid Jul 2015 Jul 2015 2 2697

Dara Ó Briain "Get in the fuckin' sack" 4 progressoid Jul 2015 Jul 2015 3 2231

Alert! Alternative Doctors are being MURDERED! 4 progressoid Aug 2015 Aug 2015 1 4380

I may have to join Twitter just to follow Chow Babe. 4 progressoid Aug 2015 Aug 2015 2 2705

Young cancer patients are ignoring medical advice and choosing ‘diet-based’ treatment approach 3 progressoid Aug 2015 Sep 2015 6 1538

Well this is kind of depressing. 4 progressoid Sep 2015 Sep 2015 1 1800

So now GMOs cause concussions. 8 progressoid Sep 2015 Sep 2015 2 1993

Uh Oh. Mercury is in retrograde! 7 progressoid Sep 2015 Oct 2015 1 1850

Jamie Oliver Says Organic Is “Normal”, Gets Ass Handed to Him 5 progressoid Sep 2015 Oct 2015 2 2053

Do You Eat Kitty Litter? 6 progressoid Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1835

Infographic: 20 Cognitive Biases That Screw Up Your Decisions 8 progressoid Oct 2015 Nov 2015 15 2478

This will be interesting. 0 progressoid Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1194

Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience Continued...

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Gwyneth Paltrow is at it again. Bras cause cancer. 10 progressoid Oct 2015 Dec 2015 2 2108

Antivaccinationists and the Nation of Islam protest in front of the CDC, but don’t you dare call... 0 progressoid Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 1251

Dark Day For Science 1 progressoid Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1688

Michael Specter: The danger of science denial 0 progressoid Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 1190

Well, whad'ya know. Contrary to popular belief, GMOs aren't banned in 60 counties. 13 progressoid Jan 2016 Feb 2016 1 3515

How MSG Got A Bad Rap: Flawed Science And Xenophobia 2 progressoid Jan 2016 Jan 2016 3 1449

New genetically engineered American chestnut will help restore the decimated, iconic tree 1 progressoid Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1412

Mayor of an Italian town has ordered the WiFi be turned off in two of its schools due to heath fears 1 progressoid Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1289

On the Viability of Conspiratorial Beliefs 1 progressoid Jan 2016 Jan 2016 3 1455

The Food Babe is at it again. Is There Really Airplane Deicing Liquid in Beer? 7 progressoid Feb 2016 Apr 2016 0 2989

The Doctor is...out. Confessions of a (former) Naturopathic Doctor 2 progressoid Feb 2016 Feb 2016 3 1857

Well, that didn't take long. The Zika virus conspiracies have begun 2 progressoid Feb 2016 Feb 2016 5 1776

Alex Jones: 'My Gut Tells Me' Antonin Scalia Was Murdered 7 progressoid Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 2083

Katy Perry is really JonBenet Ramsey!!1! 3 progressoid Feb 2016 Feb 2016 0 2117

Professor Brian Cox on the International Space Station being a hoax (yes, that's a thing) 13 progressoid Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 3124

"We'll have to agree to disagree" 9 progressoid Mar 2016 May 2016 2 4215

Tribeca to screen movie by controversial anti-vaccine activist Andrew Wakefield 10 progressoid Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 1900

Yoga 'cures cancer,' claims senior Indian government official 5 progressoid Mar 2016 Apr 2016 3 1768

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Conspiracies 0 progressoid Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 1513

Near 20-Year High: Bee-pocalypse Postponed Again, Until 2017 5 progressoid Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 4942

A dental doula? 6 progressoid Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1842

It's World Homeopathy Awareness Week ! 2 progressoid Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1441

Power of positive thinking skews mindfulness studies 3 progressoid Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1423

Who Will Debunk The Debunkers? 0 progressoid Apr 2016 Apr 2016 2 1279

Doctors at war with chiropractors over treatment of babies and children 13 progressoid May 2016 May 2016 8 2381

Naturopathic Colleges investigating 100% of their members for unscientific health claims 4 progressoid May 2016 May 2016 0 1350

Conwoman Belle Gibson faces $1m fines over cancer scam fundraising fraud 0 progressoid May 2016 May 2016 1 1195

Prince Charles: I use homeopathy in animals to cut antibiotic use 3 progressoid May 2016 May 2016 1 1281

"She is a horrible, wretched, self-absorbed woman." 1 progressoid May 2016 May 2016 3 1580

Raging Bullshit, part 3: Antivaccine celebrity Robert De Niro to make a vaccine documentary 0 progressoid May 2016 May 2016 1 1189

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A neurologist explains why acupuncture is useless 2 progressoid May 2016 May 2016 4 1489

Ow, my brain! 5 progressoid May 2016 May 2016 3 1602

17-year-old diabetic boy dies after stopping insulin injections on advice of acupuncture therapist 5 progressoid Jun 2016 Jun 2016 1 1735

I'm surprised CRISPR isn't freaking people out more. 1 progressoid Jun 2016 Jun 2016 1 1353

Neil DeGrasse Tyson, "There are certain aspects of science denial that are squarely in the left" 14 progressoid Jun 2016 Jul 2016 6 2596

NHS Liverpool CCG ends funding for homeopathy 7 progressoid Jun 2016 Jun 2016 3 1661

Popular treatment known as ‘cupping therapy’ leaves man with seven holes in his back 4 progressoid Jun 2016 Jun 2016 1 1580

Billion-dollar brain training industry a sham—nothing but placebo, study suggests 1 progressoid Jun 2016 Jun 2016 5 1485

The Greatest Conspiracy Theory of All Time 14 progressoid Jul 2016 Jul 2016 3 2668

Gwyneth Paltrow’s “Lethal” Lipstick 5 progressoid Jul 2016 Jul 2016 5 1689

Miss Cleo, Famous TV Psychic, Dies at 53: Report 4 progressoid Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1782

Brisbane homeopath Cyena Caruana selling vaccinations and boosters made from refined sugar 4 progressoid Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1427

How Alex Jones Uses Fear of the Government to Sell Diet Supplements 0 progressoid Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1425

CARA: Integrating even more pseudoscience into veterans’ healthcare 0 progressoid Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1144

End The Derp! 0 progressoid Aug 2016 Aug 2016 4 1289

"molecular hydrogen, the very small particles, not the big ones that can cause,like, explosions " 13 progressoid Aug 2016 Oct 2016 0 3224

Skepticism – Banned by Facebook 4 progressoid Aug 2016 Aug 2016 3 1632

No, You Shouldn't Question Everything 4 progressoid Aug 2016 Mar 2017 1 2996

Now here's something "holistic" I can support. 1 progressoid Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1643

What It Was Like Working For A Billion-Dollar Sham 1 progressoid Aug 2016 Aug 2016 3 1365

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