Professional Development

Fake or Real?

Dihydrogen Monoxide
Sounds like a very dangerous chemical indeed. It's actually H2O, but if you're not of a scientific mind this site will get you every time.
Type: Scientific
Credibility? 10/10
Child safe? Yes

Genochoice
Prenatal genetics to eliminate various genetic traits in unborn children.Part of the RYT Hospital-Dwayne Medical Center which gives it added credibility.
Type: Scientific
Credibility? 10/10
Child safe? Yes

Save the Tree Octopus
Very well put together site and perfectly believable.
Type: Scientific
Credibility? 10/10
Child safe? Yes

RYT Hospital
Well put together website, linking into a number of other spoof sites, and from a quick view looks entirely bono fide.
Type: Scientific
Credibility? 9/10
Child safe? Yes

The Ova Prima Foundation
This site has scientific 'proof' that the egg came first. Very well done, with todays date, various sections and very academic looking.
Type: Scientific
Credibility? 9/10
Child safe? Yes

Hetracil
Commercial site supposedly selling Hetracil as an 'anti-effeminant' drug. The FAQ is particularly well done.
Type: Scientific
Credibility? 9/10
Child safe? Yes

The Centaur Excavations
Very well done, with photographs, created in a good academic style with an .edu domain. Actually explaining a hoax, but from a quick look it's easy to be fooled.
Type: Scientific
Credibility? 9/10
Child safe? Yes

Male Pregnancy
Another of the RYT linked sites.
Type: Scientific
Credibility? 7/10
Child safe? Yes

The Museum of Jurassic Technology
Museum parody site; very dry and dusty.
Type: Scientific
Credibility? 7/10
Child safe? 16+

Clones R Us
Providing information on their 'cloning' operation for human beings. FAQ, price list, testimonials. Quite slick and professionally put together, though the price list is a giveaway.
Type: Scientific
Credibility? 6/10
Child safe? Yes

Save the Guinea Worm
Well put together site, very credible, but the URL gives the game away.
Type: Scientific
Credibility? 6/10
Child safe? Yes

Online Pregnancy Test
This shouldn't really fool people, but I suspect that it does. You may need to try and be scanned twice to confirm that you are actually pregnant.
Type: Scientific
Credibility? 5/10
Child safe? 14+

First Genetics
A genetically modified ape that can converse via the keyboard. Well done, except for the point that you can converse with him, but only for today. That's pushing co-incidence a little too far.
Type: Scientific
Credibility? 5/10
Child safe? Yes

People for the Ethical Treatment of Algae
The title says it all. It's not particularly well done, in that there isn't a great deal of information there, and it's quite a basic site.
Type: Scientific
Credibility? 4/10
Child safe? Yes