Weird Science is a monthly column by Steven Novella, MD. In the column he discusses all things weird - creationism, UFO’s, Fad diets, Psychics and more, providing a critical scientific perspective not often found in the mainstream media.

 All articles are originally published in the New Haven Advocate.

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Weird Science Archives

Articles are posted to the Weird Science Archives two weeks following their publication in the New Haven Advocate. Some of the articles are expanded versions of those published in the Advocate. Also included are letters from readers and Dr. Novella’s responses.

2006
	May 11	Quantum Quackery – Using quantum mechanics to impress and confuse.
	March 23	Out of the Matrix - Come back to reality, most conspiracy theories are just plain wrong.
	January 18	Smoke and Mirrors - Why there is no such thing as spontaneous human combustion.
2005
	December 8	Hot Air - Being not so skeptical of global warming.
	September 22	Weird Scientology
	July 14	Cereal Killers – Crop Circle season is back.
	June 2	Levitating Frogs – Or why there’s no such thing as free energy.
	May 5	Natural Born Shillers - There’s nothing so great about being all natural.
	March 17	Fear Itself - What are the real risks of vaccinating--or not vaccinating--your children?
	February 17	Look, Up There! - Could UFOs be for real?
	January 27	Fad-Diet Follies - Why Atkins and its ilk are for suckers.
2004
	December 23	Psychic Secrets Revealed - How to win friends and cheat people.
	November 25	Alien Abductions and Coffee Enemas - or, the problem with being open minded
	October 28	Evolve This- Is there an alternative to the theory of evolution? (Or: Why people who think so are wrong, misguided and dangerous.)
	September 30	An Idea Whose Time Has Gone - Why Homeopathy is Bunk

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