Stories of people trying to drag science where it doesn't belong.
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Spook Science
Jake Warga heads out with AGHOST, a Seattle group that's using whatever scientific principles they can find to hunt for ghosts. Jake's story got support from Hearing Voices and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and editorial advice from Barrett Golding. (17 minutes)
Government Science
Beauty Science
Adam Sternbergh, the co-editor and co-founder of Fametracker.com, dissects the issue of People magazine which is now on newsstands — an issue which chooses the most beautiful people in the world, allegedly through purely scientific methods, somehow ending up with a list of people who have movies coming out this summer. This story first appeared at Fametracker.com. (5 minutes)
Radio Science
Fake science can be fun. Fake science can make people happy. Brent Runyon has heard it happen on a favorite late night radio show (www.coasttocoastam.com) Brent's the author of the memoir The Burn Journals. (11 minutes)
