Skeptophilia

I remember reacting with honest bafflement when Barack Obama was running for his first term as president in 2008, and one of the criticisms ...

If you needed further evidence that whoever is controlling the simulation we're all trapped in has gotten drunk and/or stoned, and now t...

It always astonishes me how much it takes for people to say to some nonsense-spouting pseudo-pundit, "You are nuttier than squirrel shi...

I guess it's natural enough to ascribe all sorts of bizarre stuff to places we don't know much about.  And top of the list of places...

So our conspiracy theory of the day is: the US government is hiding living giant humanoids to create a race of hybrid super-soldiers. This, ...

In further exploration of beliefs for which there is no evidence whatsoever, today we consider: the Nephilim. What are the Nephilim, you m...

Call me masochistic, but every so often I like to check in and see what people like Rush Limbaugh and Alex Jones are saying. Those two, a...

So our conspiracy theory of the day is: the US government is hiding living giant humanoids to create a race of hybrid super-soldiers. This...

I just love it when woo-woos try to blend ideas together. After all, reading about the same crazy claims over and over gets to be a bit of...

My students, as a final projects, are required to perform an experiment of their choice, and report back the results of their research.  And...

Sometimes accusations of conspiracy can come from unexpected sources -- and can create odd bedfellows. Just last month, I ran into a TEDx ...

I just found out why I (1) love astronomy, (2) have a fascination for UFOs, and (3) like Star Trek: The Next Generation :  My mother had Rh...