Skeptophilia

Is it just me, or has the quality of the conspiracy theories really been dropping off lately? I mean, back in the day, you had your Moon-lan...

I was chatting with my younger son a couple of days ago.  He's a professional scientific glassblower, so anything having to do with the ...

The list of confirmed exoplanets now exceeds six thousand.  Considering the fact that the three main ways they're detected -- direct me...

One of the more terrifying concepts to arise out of physics is the idea of the Boltzmann brain . The Boltzmann brain was first postulated by...

To end the week on an appropriately surreal note: no, the Earth will not "lose its gravity" for seven seconds on August 12 . I fou...

A couple of years ago, I posted a frustrated screed about the potential for AI-generated slop to supplant actual creativity.  My anger at t...

There's a general rule-of-thumb that if you are trying to get people to believe some outlandish idea, you do not  increase your chances ...