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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fake studies are slowing lifesaving medical research — all while fraudsters are getting rich, investigation reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Frederik Joelving ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6sUCJcKUBz89NJpBQ5kAM7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Paper mills are undermining scientific literature that everyone from doctors to engineers rely on to make decisions about human lives.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an abstract illustration showing a menacing face forming out of data streaming from computers]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Take That Back: The Top Scientific Retractions of 2019 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This past year was rich in scientific retractions of papers filled with poor processes and, in many cases, blatant fabrications. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2019 19:30:31 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:57:23 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Christopher Wanjek ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dzsB5uuQkh4UzzDR25FAXj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Gene drives replace a natural gene with a new gene, which then gets passed on from generation to generation.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of gene editing.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ No Sympathy for the Devil: Why People Fear Satanism ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A Satanic mass planned in Oklahoma City this month has prompted protests, a lawsuit from the Catholic Church, and talk of laws against bloodletting. Such public images of fear are not uncommon regarding Satanist groups, though they may not be justified. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 18:07:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:44:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kXcpEDcj7uugjqDqn8AHrQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Indian Woman Beaten to Death for 'Witchcraft' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A woman near Nepal was beaten to death after being accused of being a witch, showing the real and present harms of witch hunts in India and elsewhere. Often it's the marginalized and poor who are victims of the gruesome witch hunts, experts say. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:05:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:07:08 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/V9LJLgJzhVgRPTiMAGc3Hn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mongolian Death Worm: Elusive Legend of the Gobi Desert ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Mongolian Death Worm is said to be a large creature with spikes and acidic spit. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2014 04:42:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:42:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qeakVy7T5u7ry2C8L5i55Q-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s conception of the Mongolian Death Worm. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mongolian Death Worm, folklore]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Shaman's Herbal Hallucinogen a Fatal Lure for New Age Tourists ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The mother of a man who drowned while using a shamanic hallucinogenic drug called ayahuasca has filed a lawsuit against the New Age spiritual retreat where the incident occurred. This isn't the first time such a New Age experience has ended in death. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:37:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:07:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Y5bdspD5cCQsF4aBVmZRDH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A Las Vegas man who drowned while using a shamanic drug is not the first death to be blamed on so-called ayahuasca tourism, in which individuals participate in shamanic experiences that include taking the drug ayahuasca. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an illustration of trippy, psychedelic smoke]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Is the Creepy Staten Island Clown a Publicity Stunt? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A mysterious and apparently malevolent clown has been seen at night lurking near the streets of Staten Island, N.Y., over the past week. Could it be a savvy publicity stunt? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:14:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:14:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/st8VpvpdMjVqK4ttkxc4TD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Is the Loch Ness Monster Dead? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A veteran custodian of Loch Ness monster sightings is concerned that Nessie has not been seen in well over a year, and may be gone, according to a news report. This is the first time in nearly 90 years that such a lengthy lag in sightings has occurred. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2014 15:07:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:16:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7p4MGY7mG4HJDsYPLZuhha-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The first purported photo of Nessie was published in The Daily Mail on April 21, 1934.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[loch ness monster]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Crop Circle Was a Publicity Stunt: Why 'Experts' Were Fooled ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The human brain may be hardwired to believe such obvious hoaxes as the one pulled off by Nvidia to promote its new Tegra K1 processing chip. Conspiracy thinking can also make crop-circle hoaxes believable. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2014 15:31:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:18:36 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bH4PiCHi3n2ZLUrU2KTA5F-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A mysterious 310-foot-diameter crop circle that appeared in a farmer&#039;s barley field in Chualar, Calif., was not alien made; rather it was a marketing stunt promoting Nvidia&#039;s new Tegra K1 processing chip.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A mysterious 310-foot-diameter crop circle that appeared in a farmer&#039;s barley field in Chualar, Calif., was not alien made; rather it was a marketing stunt promoting Nvidia&#039;s new Tegra K1 processing chip.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ghost Hunters Burn Down Historic Mansion ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Though nobody was harmed in the fire that burned down a New Orleans 'haunted' mansion, the occurrence shines a light on the dark side of ghost hunting, which seems to be only gaining in popularity. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2013 18:04:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:20:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3dUyNTAuHkcokRGP92QpUS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A group of ghost hunters has been arrested for allegedly setting fire to a historic mansion near New Orleans, called LeBeau Plantation house, near the Mississippi River on Nov. 21, 2013.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[the LeBeau Plantation house on fire near New Orleans]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Culprit in Mysterious Elk Deaths Found ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The investigation, which finally homed in on a tiny killer, was hampered by the state of the elk: Scavengers ate most of the bodies, with maggots and blowflies helping to reduce the elk herd to an eerie scattered sea of skeletons in the desert. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2013 16:06:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:45:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tzf2jfopCkRa6xzzKxx4Ck-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Halloween Threats to Children: Fact or Fiction? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Amid the make-believe witches, ghouls and goblins, there are supposedly real-life villains who lay in wait all year, scheming about the evil and mayhem they will wreak on Oct. 31. But are these threats real? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2013 17:25:07 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:00:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DSGvUyLwTVHYNXDJcGi3c6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scary Clown Terrorizes British Town ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Nocturnal sightings of the face-painted fiend — widely dubbed The Northampton Clown — began earlier this month. The clown has not harassed, attacked, nor threatened anyone; he — or possibly she or It — merely wanders the streets creeping people out. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 12:26:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:24:11 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JZopCsnEaztytw2drGzWPL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This screenshot from a YouTube video shows the so-called &quot;Local Clown,&quot; who has similarities to the Northampton Clown, though despite rumors to the contrary the Local Clown says he is not also the Northampton Clown.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This screenshot from a YouTube video shows the so-called &quot;Local Clown,&quot; who has similarities to the Northampton Clown]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious Elk Deaths Plague New Mexico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The deaths of more than 100 elk in a 24-hour period in rural New Mexico has officials puzzled, ruling out all of the usual suspects, such as disease, predators and poachers. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:00:55 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:24:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tzf2jfopCkRa6xzzKxx4Ck-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An elk gets a drink from a BLM watering hole.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Elk at water tank]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Real-Life Barbie? Model Created Look to Spread Beliefs ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/38600-real-life-barbie-explained.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The young Russian model Valeria Lukyanova is very real, not a computer-generated hoax, and may be driven more by her New Age beliefs than the desire to emulate the popular doll. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:31:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:15:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vQ7f9RHZGkGsuHfAjTPq7D-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Russian model Valeria Lukyanova transformed herself into what appears to be a real-life Barbie doll, though there&#039;s no evidence she is actually trying to emulate the world&#039;s most popular doll.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Russian model Valeria Lukyanova transformed herself into what appears to be a real-life Barbie doll.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Poltergeists: Noisy Spirits ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/38223-poltergeists.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A poltergeist is a type of ghost that harasses its victims through eerie sounds and moving objects. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 06:48:43 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:42:07 +0000</updated>
                                                                                                                                            <category><![CDATA[Conspiracies &amp; Paranormal]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hhtYVeMd2G7avdWfi4V4we-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Movies such as &#039;Poltergeist&#039; have influenced how modern people think about ghosts. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[movies have influenced how modern people think about ghosts]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Is a Ghost Lurking in a Factory Toilet? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/37644-ghost-exorcism-bangladesh.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A Bangladeshi woman claims her sickness may be due to a spirit attacking her. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:47:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:23:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qvLPDSMjpzjAirWamp2m7E-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Do you believe in ghosts?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[ghost in woods]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Toddler's Exorcism Death Part of Dark History ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/37274-toddler-exorcism-death.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Though unthinkable for some, exorcisms have a long history and often harm children. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:20:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:28:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/frP7oN4nuWoS8xZbXTpKYa-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Belief in spirits and demons has been part of humanity for millennia and can lead to violent exorcisms.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[religious statues showing a cross and the face of an angel.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Was Girl Murdered for Her Organs? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/32086-was-girl-murdered-for-organs.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Though organ theft is thriving in India, the evidence doesn't add up in this case. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:35:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:13:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HBfgQxUNoM9TiuiRNhUoME-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Though the trade of human organs, such as kidneys, is thriving in India, the evidence that a girl in India was killed for her organs doesn&#039;t add up, says LiveScience&#039;s Bad Science columnist.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Human kidneys and circulation with a skeleton medical diagram]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Amanda Berry: Why Loved Ones Turn to Psychics ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/29394-psychic-claimed-amanda-berry-dead.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ All too often psychics claim to have the answers, which inevitably and tragically end up being wrong. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 22:53:05 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:28:19 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dm7ssUE3ztj86fNodTMLL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Families of missing persons sometimes consult psychics when they feel the police aren&#039;t doing enough. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[psychic powers]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bigfoot DNA Discovered? Not So Fast ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/27140-bigfoot-dna-study-questioned.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A published study fails to settle concerns over supposed Sasquatch DNA. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:02:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:18:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Qzi66uKwMSGkWjQjvL7REF-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Karl Tate, LiveScience Infographic Artist]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s interpretation of Bigfoot.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s interpretation of Bigfoot.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bigfoot Blamed for Strange Shrieks ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Here's the scoop on roars and grunts heard in the Blue Mountains. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 05:02:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:20:23 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Qzi66uKwMSGkWjQjvL7REF-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Karl Tate, LiveScience Infographic Artist]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s interpretation of Bigfoot.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s interpretation of Bigfoot.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The 5 Most Outrageous Hoaxes ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/26391-most-outrageous-hoaxes-teo.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The bizarre hoax involving linebacker Te'o and his "girlfriend" is just one in a lone line of outrageous hoaxes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:12:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:37:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7Xaew7FvHPvVnSUctWvSMD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Medical Myths: When Urban Legends Kill ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Health workers have died trying to save others. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:13:26 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:21:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wh9q9HkP4EBb5M638SvNJc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Total Hooey: The Strangest Non-Stories of 2012 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ UFOs, the Mayan apocalypse, eagle snatching baby and more strange stories that weren't this year. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:43:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:20:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DdeEWBNjBEMs2FPfhQuLhe-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Bigfoot' Is Part Human, DNA Study Claims ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/25047-bigfoot-dna-human-ancestor.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Texas vet suggests cryptids had sex with modern human females, resulting in hairy hominin hybrids. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:23:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:39:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Qzi66uKwMSGkWjQjvL7REF-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Karl Tate, LiveScience Infographic Artist]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s interpretation of Bigfoot.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s interpretation of Bigfoot.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Branding James Bond: Do Product-Placement Ads Work? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ When 007 sipped a Heineken did audiences swoon enough to grab a cold one? ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kbX3e3mqz7yJYy38dQeYmF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A History of Religious Hoaxes ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ When fraud mixes with religious fervor, the results can range from the comical to the deadly. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:15:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:27:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dBR9xeV2gSNdKnq7bCzKfj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Full-length negative photograph of the Shroud of Turin. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Full-length negative photograph of the Shroud of Turin.  ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ GM Corn Causing Bizarre Tumors in Rats? Bad Science ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/23385-gm-corn-tumor-study.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Criticisms trump the results of an alarming new study, which used questionable methods. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:24:31 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 15:17:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Sohn ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EGKdqoqQQBErtaQ6zm8MaW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Baywatch' Star Abandons Search for Noah's Ark Fearing Abduction ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/22568-noahs-ark-baywatch-star.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The celebrity insists her search for the fabled ark is based in science. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:23:22 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:17:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tRxqztdFkZXyQbTQoZwSBc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Mount Ararat is the supposed resting place of Noah&#039;s Ark. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mount Ararat]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Conspiracy Theorists: UFO Over Antarctica? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/22299-conspiracy-theorists-ufo-over-antarctica.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The blurry object floating above a polar research station may have a more prosaic explanation. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:51:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:44:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wuL4TcPKDah6uD4dLc8Gr5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This YouTube screenshot reveals the blurry object floating above the Neumayer-Station III in Antarctica on Aug. 10, 2012. The object has garnered plenty of UFO claims. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Blurry object claimed to be a UFO floating above an Antarctic research station.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Secret Source Codes Threaten Modern Science ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists must share the source codes behind their computation-based research to catch bad science and avoid breaking the scientific method. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:49:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:56:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeremy Hsu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2hDiPd5dqV26QvMZFFfHdc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A human O-GlcNAc transferase (molecule) structure created as a model by a computer program.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Molecular Simulation]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ UFO Mystery Video: E.T., Black Ops, or Something Else? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/13447-ufo-sighting-colorado-extraterrestrial-spacecraft.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Here are clues that ground the UFO theory. ]]>
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                                                                                                                            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:08:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:21:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Reality of Natalee Holloway Suspect's Insanity Defense ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/13158-natalee-holloway-case-insanity-defense.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ It's not what you think it is. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:50:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:24:36 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/24vF7fN7xDXkuzUXMehv4g-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The insanity defense is used less often than you might think, and it may have worse consequences than a guilty plea.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The insanity defense is used less often than you might think, and it may have worse consequences than a guilty plea.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Indian Court: Astrology Is a Science ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/12856-astrology-science-indian-court-ruling.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Doctor mistakenly suggests because astrology is such an old tradition it is science. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:33:21 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 08 Dec 2021 14:49:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nFXB9KS6BSL8coqpEsCBwn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Figure 2. If you were born between March 21 and April 19, your astrological sign is said to be Aries. But this was only true for a while, back when the system was set up in 600 BC. Today, the Sun is no longer within the constellation of Aries during much of that period. From March 11 to April 18, the Sun is actually in the constellation of Pisces!]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Jersey UFO Likely a Hoax ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/3184-jersey-ufo-hoax.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A mysterious set of UFO lights that appeared over Phoenix, Arizona last year likely made an unexpected reappearance over New Jersey on Monday night. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:41:49 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 21:12:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LyuGgwaxuv9Qje7x4UdQ3B-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[CleanEra, Delft University of Technology]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This eco-friendly airplane of the future, just an idea at this point, was designed by the CleanEra project, led by Etnel Straatsma of Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands.]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Police Often Bungle Missing Child Cases ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/5242-police-bungle-missing-child-cases.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The case of Caylee Anthony reveals some trends about police work in missing persons cases. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:21:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 21:06:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gBdjxgB3FTekgvtXABiSfD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Stranger Danger: â€˜Shockingâ€™ TV Test Flawed]]></media:description>                                                    </media:content>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bernard Madoff Redefines the Ponzi Scheme ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Finance guru Bernard Madoff has allegedly admitted to the largest investment fraud in history. Charles Ponzi would be proud. ]]>
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                                                                                                                            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:24:50 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 21:12:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                </item>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Voice of Reason: Exorcisms, Fictional and Fatal ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/9321-voice-reason-exorcisms-fictional-fatal.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The new film, <i>The Exorcism of Emily Rose</i> is interesting because it shows (however fictionally) the potentially dangerous consequences of exorcisms. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:49:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 20:55:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Benjamin Radford ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MvwQdoYpMr6De7eSkbCf6L-1280-80.jpg">
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