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Today is the launch of my hero's journey novel Sephirot !  An ordinary man is suddenly catapulted into a network of interconnected world...

Okay, now I've heard everything. If you ever run across a more ridiculous claim, I do not  want to know about it.  This one already lowe...

About a year ago, I got into a fairly surreal conversation with a friend of mine over the phenomenon of "Bronies." A "Brony,...

Apparently, it's easier than I thought to give your soul to Satan. You don't have to attend a Black Mass, or hold a séance, or eve...

Happy Halloween to all of my loyal readers.  I'm saying this because "Happy Scary Day Of Your Choice" sounds ridiculous, so i...

A couple of days ago, a friend and loyal reader of Skeptophilia  sent me a link with the message, "I thought I'd seen it all."...

As you undoubtedly know, there are people who take the whole exorcism thing with the utmost seriousness. And given the current chaos in th...

If you were wondering why the Trump administration has turned out to be a slow-moving train wreck, it's not because the American people ...

A wag once said, "Artificial intelligence is twenty years in the future, and always will be."  It's a trenchant remark; predic...

As an example of the general principle that there is nothing that is so weird that someone can't respond to it in such a way as to make ...

At present I've been sent a link five times to a claim that someone near Phoenix, Arizona took a photograph of Satan . Without furth...

Just because I keep hoisting the banner of rationalism here at Skeptophilia  doesn't mean I don't get pretty freakin' discourage...

Looking for a job with excitement and travel opportunities?  Do I have news for you! Of course, there are a couple of downsides.  These in...

Last week, Switzerland opened the Gotthard Base Tunnel , which at 57 kilometers is the longest underground traffic tunnel in the world.  The...