Skeptophilia

A couple of months ago, I wrote about a discovery that has startling (and encouraging) implications for the search for extraterrestrial life...

[ N.B. : This post is a little on the technical side, if you're not a biology type.  Trust me, the work is worth it, because what these ...

The human/alien hybrid is a common trope in science fiction.  From the angst-ridden half-Vulcan Mr. Spock, to the ultra-competent and powerf...

It will come as no surprise to regular readers of Skeptophilia  that one of my dearest wishes is to live long enough to see incontrovertible...

It's always a little startling when something is discovered that ends up explaining... well, damn near everything. If I exaggerate, it...

One of the most powerful pieces of evidence of our common ancestry with every other life form on Earth is that we all read the genetic code ...

After yesterday's post about mysterious explosions in distant galaxies, today I want to look at a colossal explosion that happened much,...

Every year, I look forward to teaching my biology classes the basics of molecular genetics, because it's just so cool . All organisms ...

It's a common strategy.  If simply spouting alarmist rhetoric doesn't cause your target audience to panic sufficiently, throw in som...