These are the ways Hollywood imagined a black hole would look. So who got...
Over the years everyone from sci-fi filmmakers to NASA has tried to visualise a black hole. Now we have the real deal, so let's see who was right and who was wildly ambitious.
View ArticleThe anti-vaccination movement has a 200-year-old history. It all began with...
The anti-vaccination movement has been around since Edward Jenner scraped pus from the skin of sick cows. Here's what's driven the sentiment over the last two centuries.
View ArticlePsychologist who used 'energy healing treatment' banned over intimate...
A Victorian psychologist breached her duties as a psychologist by engaging in a personal and intimate relationship with a patient, touching him and using a treatment that was not evidence-based, the...
View ArticleSocial videos give the impression Australians are opposed to masks. What's...
There's been widespread media coverage of a people filming themselves refusing to follow COVID-19 restrictions. Experts are concerned this misrepresents what's really happening.
View ArticleWhat do lifestyle gurus and conspiracy theorists have in common?
Both present themselves as anti-establishment underdogs, comparable to Biblical tales of good versus evil. But it's not just this 'hero's journey' narrative that helps spread conspiracy theories and...
View ArticleWho are grinders and can they really live forever?
These are the people implanting microchips under their skin as they attempt to take human evolution into their own hands.
View ArticleScientologists send M-rated anti-psychiatry DVD to primary schools
The Victorian Government advises principals to ignore materials sent from the Church of Scientology, after primary schools received a DVD and pamphlets warning of the dangers of psychiatrists and...
View ArticleGhost hunter Graham Lewis
Ghost hunter Graham Lewis explains how he has adapted gaming technology to create ghost hunting equipment.
View ArticleThe Xbox ghost? Curious image captured on camera
Ghost hunter Graham Lewis has used a device he made from Xbox gaming technology to capture a curious image.
View ArticleSmartphones linked to brain cancer? Not so, say experts
Brain cancer, plane crashes and exploding petrol pumps have all been attributed to mobile phone use, but what does the evidence say?
View ArticleBig prize if your paranormal power can prove skeptics wrong
There's a $100,000 prize waiting for you if you can read minds, see the future or talk to the dead. You just have to prove it.
View ArticleWhy do some of us believe in Tassie tiger sightings and others don't?
Why do some of us wholeheartedly believe in mysterious creature sightings while others are more dubious. Clinical psychologist Sabina Lane explains.
View ArticleA history of eugenics: America's Nazi problem before Charlottesville
The recent rally by white nationalists and supremacists on the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, has left Americans soul searching. But what they might discover in the history of their heartland is...
View ArticleWhy do Australians believe silly things?
A lot of Australians believe in ghosts and aliens, a poll found. That may be harmless, but it makes it a lot easier to believe in other things that aren't true, writes Andrew P Street.
View ArticleLeader of 'Jedi faith' seeks recognition, based on census numbers
The head of the Jedi faith in Australia, Peter Lee, cites strong census numbers and a thriving online community as evidence of a practising Jedi population in Australia.
View ArticleHow Sir John Eccles' soul search marginalised the Aussie Nobel Prize-winning...
Icon of Australian science Sir John Eccles' attempt to mix religion and science made him an outsider in the scientific community but won him fans in the Catholic Church.
View ArticleSecret cures, bioweapons and racism: The centuries-old history of medical...
The history of medical conspiracy theories extends from ancient Rome to today. They all share an innate human need to find answers to difficult questions.
View ArticleFact checking the most dubious COVID-19 claims from Joe Rogan's podcast
Who is Joe Rogan and why is he so controversial? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates some of the most dubious claims from his popular podcast.
View ArticleThis entrepreneur follows a strict regime to lower his 'epigenetic age'. What...
"Project Blueprint" involves eating the same two meals every day, a regimented exercise routine and a structured sleep schedule. But can it really slow or reverse the ageing process?
View Article40-plus bodies in 'large thermos flasks' in this shed? Welcome to Australia's...
The director of the Southern Hemisphere's first known cryonics facility admits there is "no guarantee" future scientists will be able to revive his clients' deep-frozen remains, but that has not...
View ArticleWhite House says 'no indication of aliens' in recent takedowns
The White House says there is no indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity after a series of shoot-downs of unidentified objects over North American airspace.
View Article'UFO' sighting over Tasmania sparks alien theories on Facebook
The mystery of a fireball crossing the Tasmanian skyline is solved, but not before Facebook users had declared alien life had finally made it to Tasmania.
View ArticleRaquel lives 'off the grid' and is part of a growing trend of people finding...
New age spiritualism is not new, but it morphed during the COVID pandemic and appears more popular than ever. The first detailed Australian study examines what happens when spirituality and wellness...
View ArticleSelf-proclaimed psychic medium John Edward on readings, sceptics, and Trump
John Edward has won plenty of fans — and critics — for his claimed abilities to communicate with those who have died. But he says there's one person he certainly wouldn't talk to, alive or dead.
View ArticleDoes putting your feet on bare earth balance out your electrical charge? We...
Does disconnection with the ground cause us to become sicker? That's the idea behind the practice of "grounding" or "earthing" which is growing in popularity. We separate the science from the nonsense.
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