Skeptophilia

A scarily long list of friends who have been coping with serious illnesses in the last six months has brought home to me how fragile life is...

I don't own many things that are all that old. I'm referring to human-made objects, of course.  I have a couple of Devonian-age brac...

Last September, I started learning Japanese through Duolingo. [Image licensed under the Creative Commons Grantuking from Cerrione, Italy, F...

We'll end the week on an appropriately surreal note. Every once in a while, I'll run into an off-the-wall claim that admits of no pa...

One argument against UFOs being alien visitors from other star systems is that the number of UFO sightings has risen in direct proportion to...

Seems like for each of the last few years, we've said, "Well, at least next year can't be as bad as this year was!"  Then,...

It's easy to get overwhelmed when you start looking into geology. Both the size scale and the time scale are so immense that it's ha...

Amongst the downsides of being superstitious is that sometimes, you find out you're in for some bad luck. A girl I went to college with ...

If you live in Japan, own a dog, and have more money than sense, I've got good news for you: you can pay ¥ 31,000 (about US $297) to hav...