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Today we have three stories that are absolutely horrifying in juxtaposition. The first is a paper that came out a couple of days ago in Nat...

I was asked a curious question by a loyal reader of Skeptophilia , one that intrigued me enough I thought it was worth devoting an entire po...

Haruki Murakami's odd and atmospheric short story collection First Person Singular  looks at those moments in our lives where something ...

Today's post comes to you from the Odd Bedfellows department. Okay, so all of you probably know all about the Harry Potter  series.  Kid...

Allow me to make it clear right at the outset that in general, I disapprove of crime. Most crimes are designated as such because they harm i...

The frustrating thing about woo-woo ideas is that they never really go away permanently. Take, for example, the Ancient Aliens thing.  It re...

I have a problem with how people use the word miracle . The dictionary definition is "a surprising and welcome event that is not explic...