I'm attempting to discredit (usually racist) stereotypes/beliefs regarding what people eat and how they smell. Say, Indians and curry, Koreans and garlic, among other examples. (Maybe the examples aren't appropriate and should be edited out; I only mean to give context.) I imagine compounds with...

This PDF (i saw a translated version) has been brought to my attention. it claims that Coltan is the main cause of a conflict which has claimed the lives of four million people since 1997 and as also caused the disappearance of several populations of gorillas. The extraction of coltan, a very...

I have noticed several people posts a boilerplate notice on their Facebook wall as fallows: To Facebook, You are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing, disseminating, or taking any other action against me with regard to this profile and th...

A letter in The Daily Telegraph claims: Vets are allowed legally to treat humans although doctors cannot treat animals. In my experience, vets offer the efficiency, pragmatism, charm, humour and common sense so often lacking in the NHS. Are vets legally allowed to treat humans?

Aris Poulianos, a Greek anthropologist, claims that the hominid remains (a skull) discovered in the Petralona Cave are 700,000 years old and belong to a distinct species, which he named Archanthropus europeaus petraloniensis (commonly: Archanthropus of Petralona). The claim and Poulianos' interp...

I've heard many parents, on several occasions, make statements to the effect that they believe it to be harmful to discuss sexuality openly and directly with young children (I'm talking about kids aged 5-10 or so). Movies and TV shows with sex scenes (not pornographic ones, but unmistakeably non...

Before SOPA and PIPA were dicussed in US parliament, a strong debate was going on whether they should be passed or not. Then the production houses were screaming that piracy has made them severely harmed economically. So these two rules need to be passed in order to maintain growth of the film in...

I recently asked about a claim that I saw on the letters page of a national newspaper. There was a comment that this wasn't a notable claim. I've asked questions on previous occasions about claims I've seen on newspaper letters pages (here, here and here). There was also a comment on that last on...

I know that this question already exists and have read through. Is human evolution slowing down? Mutations have to happen agreed, but natural selection would only make a certain DNA more common in the gene pool only if the ones who have that certain DNA have survival advantage or advantages in p...

Just saw this come across Facebook, It reads, UNEMPLOYMENT If we measured unemployment the way they did during the 1930s, today's unemployment would be worse than any single year of the Great Depression. The graphic gives these numbers: 1931 - 15.3% 2009 - 21% 1932 - 22....