Skeptophilia

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post about some people who allegedly time traveled back here from as far away as the 95th century , which i...

As a skeptic, I'm all for testing claims.  That's what the scientific method is all about.  You think you have an idea about how som...

Confirmation bias really bugs me. This is the tendency of people to accept minuscule amounts of evidence if it seems to support what they ...

I'm being driven to the conclusion that Ben Carson is insane. This has very little to do with his stance on actual issues.  From what ...

Superstition in general leaves me a bit mystified.  As long as I can remember, I've never understood how people can believe in good luck...

I would love it if some psychologist who studies the effect of media on people's beliefs would do a specific experiment, and then let me...

Christen Simensen, a materials scientist with Norwegian research firm SINTEF, has provided a scientific explanation of how collision with je...