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These tests that promise to easily detect cancer with a blood test are fraught with profound accuracy errors.

Las Vegas mob lore clings thick to human remains found as Lake Mead's water level recedes. But is it truly mob secrets that are being revealed or perhaps something a bit more nuanced?

The NamUs.gov profile for the Hemenway Harbor Doe is here.

Did this mysterious carved beast — the most common object on the Pictish standing stones — ever actually live?

In honor of Skeptoid's 20th birthday, today we're playing episode #1 from October 2006. Enjoy!

Is the moral panic surrounding artificial intelligence justified?

Wellness influencers promise to sell you supplements to reduce your cortisol, and thus reduce your weight — even though it doesn't work that way.

Does a huge, hairy, ape-like creature roam the swamps of Louisiana?

Skeptoid Adventures "Mysteries of the Maya" guest expert Kurly Tlapoyawa was invited to speak at the inaugural SkeptiCamp New Mexico, and today we're sharing the lecture he gave, which covered the many ways that conspiracy theories and pseudoarchaeology undermine the goals of ethnic studies programs.

Enjoy! And hear more from Kurly on the Tales From Aztlantis podcast:

buzzsprout.com/1720405
chimalli.org

Learn more about "The Mysteries of the Maya" Skeptoid Adventure at skeptoid.org/adventures

Four men in an Air National Guard helicopter had a terrifying UFO encounter in the skies above Ohio.

The true origin and purpose of Peru's famous Nazca Lines.