Skeptophilia

When I was a teenager, I was fascinated with the Mayans.  The history and culture -- what we knew of it at the time -- was fascinating enoug...

One of my ongoing peeves is that so many people put more faith in popular media claims than in what the scientists themselves are saying. ...

New from the One Thing Leads To Another department, yesterday's post about crazy stories growing by accretion prompted an email from a l...

Well, here we are, the day you've all been eagerly awaiting; December 21, 2012.  So far, nothing very apocalyptic has happened, as far a...

So apparently we don't already have enough nonsense being thrown about online regarding the End of the World, now the Tibetans have gott...

Alarming news is coming out of France, where the true believers are heading to await the Mayan apocalypse that is due to occur in a little m...