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Fever, the body’s rise in set temperature in response to infection, is almost synonymous with illness. You probably know this it…
My latest book – Critical Thinking, Science, & Pseudoscience: Why You Can’t Trust Your Brain – is now officially released!…
A few days ago Communication Research published a paper that found that graphic warning labels on cigarette packages not deter…
I don’t often let myself get enthused about media-hyped archaeological stories before the evidence is in. This time, I can’t…
Ask people to name a US volcano and you’ll get a lot of “Mount St. Helens” and “Kilauea“. The more…
This post is part of a series of guest posts on GPS by the graduate students in my Psychopathology course.…
You probably have heard of a new study that links sucralose (brand name: Splenda) to increased chance of leukemia in…
I know that in some circles it’s cool to portray yourself as a morally superior being who has given up…
Well, this is funny — porn users have just been vindicated: According to radical feminist theory, pornography serves to further…