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If you've heard about something, anything, in connection with UFOs, chances are History Channel's Project Blue Book will do an episode on it at some point. Season 2 started out with a two-parter on the Roswell crash, with an Area 51 chaser last week. Hey, at least this one was actually contemporaneous.

If you've heard about something, anything, in connection with UFOs, chances are History Channel's Project Blue Book will do an episode on it at some point. Season 2 started out with a two-parter on the Roswell crash, with an Area 51 chaser last week. Hey, at least this one was actually contemporaneous.

Television

History Channel’s ‘Project Blue Book’ goes completely over the edge — ‘Area 51’ pushes a case that never was

You'd think a murdered airman with mutilation marks would have cemented ET's presence. Yeah, about that ...

By Russ DoblerFebruary 11, 2020

You won't know what to expect, except perhaps that it will be something intellectual and fun. That seems to be the attitude the Rogues of The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe (SGU) want you to have going into A Skeptical Extravaganza of Special Significance.

You won't know what to expect, except perhaps that it will be something intellectual and fun. That seems to be the attitude the Rogues of The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe (SGU) want you to have going into A Skeptical Extravaganza of Special Significance.

Skepticism

Sharpen your critical thinking skills the fun way, with ‘A Skeptical Extravaganza of Special Significance’

The mega-popular cast of 'The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe' hit the road.

By Mitchell LampertFebruary 10, 2020

It's fitting that in the month of February, during which we celebrate the birth of the father of evolutionary theory, Charles Darwin, the buzz of the collectible card game world is around something called "Mass Mutations." The just-announced fourth set in the first ever "unique deck game," Keyforge, debuts in May with a story that sees a dark version of the mysterious "aember" substance changing the creatures of the Crucible, the composite planet on which they fight for supremacy.

It's fitting that in the month of February, during which we celebrate the birth of the father of evolutionary theory, Charles Darwin, the buzz of the collectible card game world is around something called "Mass Mutations." The just-announced fourth set in the first ever "unique deck game," Keyforge, debuts in May with a story that sees a dark version of the mysterious "aember" substance changing the creatures of the Crucible, the composite planet on which they fight for supremacy.

Gaming

A real anomaly — the ‘living fossil’ Brad Andres snuck into Keyforge

An Easter egg for paleontology nerds!

By Russ DoblerFebruary 8, 2020

In my article for last year's Skepticism Month on AIPT, I mischievously conflated Gwyneth Paltrow with her Avengers character Pepper Potts, and her company Goop with Stark Industries. I reported sadly that the streaming giant Netflix had just signed a deal to produce a documentary series promoting Goop, one of the most successful snake-oil sellers of all time.

In my article for last year's Skepticism Month on AIPT, I mischievously conflated Gwyneth Paltrow with her Avengers character Pepper Potts, and her company Goop with Stark Industries. I reported sadly that the streaming giant Netflix had just signed a deal to produce a documentary series promoting Goop, one of the most successful snake-oil sellers of all time.

Television

Netflix slimes the world with ‘The Goop Lab’

Is Gwyneth Paltrow's transformation into supervillain complete?

By Rob PalmerFebruary 4, 2020

Every February, to help celebrate Darwin Day, the Science section of AIPT cranks up the critical thinking for SKEPTICISM MONTH! Skepticism is an approach to evaluating claims that emphasizes evidence and applies the tools of science. All month we’ll be highlighting skepticism in pop culture and skepticism of pop culture.

Every February, to help celebrate Darwin Day, the Science section of AIPT cranks up the critical thinking for SKEPTICISM MONTH! Skepticism is an approach to evaluating claims that emphasizes evidence and applies the tools of science. All month we’ll be highlighting skepticism in pop culture and skepticism of pop culture.

Television

‘The Good Place’ proves positive skepticism is possible

It can even make the universe a better place.

By Aaron RabinowitzJanuary 31, 2020

Like a bad penny, History Channel’s dramatized Project Blue Book series, based (but not really) on an 18-year-long U.S. Air Force study of UFOs, is back. Tonight is part 2 of season 2's opening salvo, titled "The Roswell Incident." You might think they're finally getting to the good stuff, but it really seems like the creators are running out of ideas.

Like a bad penny, History Channel’s dramatized Project Blue Book series, based (but not really) on an 18-year-long U.S. Air Force study of UFOs, is back. Tonight is part 2 of season 2's opening salvo, titled "The Roswell Incident." You might think they're finally getting to the good stuff, but it really seems like the creators are running out of ideas.

Television

History Channel’s ‘Project Blue Book’ returns with the pop culture sensation, Roswell

Though the real Blue Book had nothing to do with it.

By Russ DoblerJanuary 28, 2020

Does WWE's Universal Champion support the world's weirdest conspiracy theory?

Does WWE's Universal Champion support the world's weirdest conspiracy theory?

Pro Wrestling

Bray Wyatt’s “Firefly Fun House” has officially hit peak weirdness

'Don't let those reptilians in!'

By Russ DoblerDecember 6, 2019

I searched the snaggletoothed scenery; for what, I did not know. I recognized much of the locale's typical residents, though many had adopted new appearances, in preparation for the brutal winter to come.

I searched the snaggletoothed scenery; for what, I did not know. I recognized much of the locale's typical residents, though many had adopted new appearances, in preparation for the brutal winter to come.

Lifestyle

Magic Hat Brewing’s Wee Heavy Champ — more mysterious than a cold-water cryptid

Pure myth, or full-bodied reality?

By Russ DoblerNovember 30, 2019

When I was a kid, I believed in alien abductions, the Bermuda Triangle, psychics, ghosts, and all types of pseudoscience. That was in the pre-internet world; there was no easy way to find good information to contradict the misleading material on TV and in books. How anyone could do an about-face on these issues in that primitive, low-information time is a wonder.

When I was a kid, I believed in alien abductions, the Bermuda Triangle, psychics, ghosts, and all types of pseudoscience. That was in the pre-internet world; there was no easy way to find good information to contradict the misleading material on TV and in books. How anyone could do an about-face on these issues in that primitive, low-information time is a wonder.

Pop Culture

Making the world a more rational place with Guerrilla Skeptics on Wikipedia

Fighting the online battle against the Dark Side.

By Rob PalmerNovember 20, 2019

Welcome to today’s installment of 31 Days of Halloween! This is our chance to set the mood for the spookiest and scariest month of the year as we focus our attention on horror and Halloween fun. For the month of October, we’ll be talking to creators working in horror and sharing and recommending various pieces of underappreciated scary media — books, comics, movies, and television — to help keep you terrified and entertained all the way up to Halloween.

Welcome to today’s installment of 31 Days of Halloween! This is our chance to set the mood for the spookiest and scariest month of the year as we focus our attention on horror and Halloween fun. For the month of October, we’ll be talking to creators working in horror and sharing and recommending various pieces of underappreciated scary media — books, comics, movies, and television — to help keep you terrified and entertained all the way up to Halloween.

31 Days of Halloween

‘Stiff’ and ‘Spook’ — Digging into death and the afterlife with books by Mary Roach

The scientific way to celebrate the spooky season with spirits, psychics, and cadavers.

By Kendra ReedOctober 24, 2019

Bernard Heuvelmans was a Belgian-French zoologist who earned his doctorate in 1939 from the Free University of Brussels for his work on aardvark dentition. But he's best remembered as one of the founders of the contested “science” of cryptozoology, the adherents of which hunt for such legendary creatures as the yeti, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster.

Bernard Heuvelmans was a Belgian-French zoologist who earned his doctorate in 1939 from the Free University of Brussels for his work on aardvark dentition. But he's best remembered as one of the founders of the contested “science” of cryptozoology, the adherents of which hunt for such legendary creatures as the yeti, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster.

Books

‘The Natural History of Hidden Animals’ — Justin Mullis reviews the granddaddy of cryptozoology books

One of the enterprise's defining texts is now available in paperback.

By Justin MullisOctober 18, 2019

In case the world-colliding, multiverse obliteration in his Avengers saga didn't tip you off, Jonathan Hickman likes to think big. Now X-Men fans are getting a taste of his far-out imagination through the two, intertwining six-issue series, House of X and Powers of X, the latter of which touches on one particular bonkers idea that some otherwise sensible people in the real world actually buy into.

In case the world-colliding, multiverse obliteration in his Avengers saga didn't tip you off, Jonathan Hickman likes to think big. Now X-Men fans are getting a taste of his far-out imagination through the two, intertwining six-issue series, House of X and Powers of X, the latter of which touches on one particular bonkers idea that some otherwise sensible people in the real world actually buy into.

Comic Books

Powers of X: While the X-Men evolve, will humans finally reach the singularity?

Will we have to merge with machines to survive?

By Russ DoblerOctober 8, 2019

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