Skeptophilia

Just in the last couple of weeks, I've been getting "sponsored posts" on Instagram suggesting what I really need is an "A...

Whenever we have a wet summer -- not an uncommon occurrence in our rainy climate -- we have a plague of little pests trying to get into our ...

I'm going to make a dual plea to all y'all: Before you accept a paranormal or supernatural explanation for something, make sure you...

Ever heard of the " Bonneville Slide ?" It sounds like some obscure country line dance, but the real story is more interesting, an...

There are at least two differences between me and your typical woo-woo. One is that I at least try  to apply the principles of scientific in...

In his book Nothing's Sacred: The Truth About Judaism , media scholar Douglas Rushkoff discusses his concept of "open-source religi...

Of all of the sciences, geology is the one where deep understanding of the underlying processes eluded us the longest.  Even the two other c...