Skeptoid

Skeptoid takes on questions submitted by students on the Montauk Monster, the efficacy of skin moisturizer, bee sting therapy (ouch!), aluminum antiperspirants as a cause of breast cancer, inexpensive gasoline, and the claim that homosexuals have shorter lifespans.

The Bloop was a mysterious sound captured by NOAA hydrophones in 1997. Cryptozoologists claim it as evidence of a gigantic unknown sea creature. What do NOAA scientists have to say?

Call them Network Marketing, Multilevel Marketing, or MLM, these pyramid plans are proven not to work. 99.95% of participants lose money. Are you REALLY among that .01% who will recover their costs?

Shadow people are dark, ghostlike forms often seen out of the corner of your eye. Witnesses often accept no explanations other than supernatural ones, but are there any rational (but still likely) causes for these phenomena?

Movies and Mom wisdom tell all kinds of tales about how the body works, how you need to take care of it, and what can happen to it. This week we look at some more of these tales and uncover the facts.

When examining astrology, we have to not only look at its foundations to see it it's based on any sound science, we also have to look at the results to see if there might be some actual effect due to an unknown force.

Most people think daylight saving time is for farmers or to save electricity. Today we look into those popular notions with some skepticism, and find out what the real reasons are.

During the opening days of World War II, the American defense forces guarding Los Angeles from Japanese attack opened fire one night. Who or what they were shooting at has remained a topic of debate for decades.

Many times, people have reported storms of frogs and fish raining from the clouds. The usual explanation is that they've been lifted into the sky by a waterspout. But does this explanation hold any water?

More replies to some of Skeptoid's more colorful listener feedback.

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Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith allegedly translated the adventures of Abraham in Egypt, written by his own hand upon papyrus. But modern translations of these same papyri tell a very different story.

When a scientist debates a pseudoscientist, he is presenting science as if it is an equally valid alternative opinion. Rather than educating about science, this spreads a harmful message that science is merely a competing viewpoint.

Proponents of organic agriculture support their product with a number of arguments that charge modern farming with being poisonous to those who eat it and to the environment. Which of these arguments hold any water?

Brand names are as important as ever, and marketers go to great lengths when they choose a person to name their product after. Are these popular food and fashion products named after real people, or fictitious people?