Evolution, Education, and a Century of Scopes | John de Lancie and guest moderator Eugenie Scott
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Do We Teach Critical Thinking in Schools? | Bertha Vazquez
March 14, 2025https://youtu.be/jx1sf8FWB0Q Well, that depends on your definition of critical thinking. The term critical thinking means different things to different people. Who is right? Science teachers are trained to teach critical thinking, emphasizing that science is falsifiable and...
How Minds Change | David McRaney
March 11, 2025https://youtu.be/F9yf04cUta0 David McRaney will talk about how, in the process of writing a book about the science of why it’s so hard to change people's minds, he changed his own mind about how minds change. In this talk, you'll not only learn what works when it comes to persuading,...
Harry Houdini Debunked Claims of Abraham Lincoln’s Spiritualism
Volume 49, No. 2March/April 2025
The evidence of Abraham Lincoln’s supposed belief in Spiritualism includes his attendance at séances, his alleged professions of belief to other believers, and “eyewitness” accounts of him asking (and listening to) the spirits’ advice on the conduct of the Civil War. Lincoln as...
The Monroe House Investigation
March 12, 2025https://youtu.be/oQi3qzKhjTw In this episode of Ghosts in the Machine, Kenny heads to Hartford City, Indiana to investigate claims of ghosts and demons in a corner house. From kitchen cabinets...
Joe Nickell, el investigador de lo paranormal
March 12, 2025Reencontrar el níquel de madera que ilustra estas líneas fue uno de los momentos más bonitos de mi reciente mudanza de despacho. Llevaba años tan bien guardado entre mis recuerdos que no sabía...
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Evolution, Education, and a Century of Scopes | John de Lancie and guest moderator Eugenie Scott
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Edmund (Pseudo) Scientific Sells ‘Ghost Detectors’
Volume 34, No. 1January / February 2010
In early September, I became aware of something that shocked me as both a skeptic and physics teacher: Edmund Scientific, one of the oldest and most respected outlets for selling science equipment for educational use, has gone over to the dark side. They are actively marketing and selling...






