Skeptophilia

When I was in eighth grade, a movie aired called The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman .  We were encouraged by our English teacher to watc...

I sometimes get grief from readers because of my tendency to dismiss claims of the paranormal. In my own defense, I am convincible.  It jus...

A couple of days ago, I was sent a link by a loyal reader of Skeptophilia  with the message, "Thought you'd be interested... what d...

'Tis the season for school budget votes, when school districts find out how much they're going to have to cut from the instructional...

I understand that wild, spooky, improbable explanations are more interesting than prosaic, ordinary ones, but really, people. Get a grip. ...

Even people over here across the Atlantic have been watching the whole Brexit controversy closely, and wondering whether the powers-that-be ...

First, we had Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper imposing a rule on scientists mandating that their research pass government approval (...

I'm not sure if it's troubling or reassuring that the United States isn't the only industrialized country who has problems with ...