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One of the most unusual stories that H. P. Lovecraft ever wrote is "In the Walls of Eryx."  It isn't his usual fare of soul-su...

Given my near-obsessive interest in extraterrestrial life, I suppose it was inevitable that I've now been sent links to the latest resea...

I still remember when I was about twenty years old, and I first heard about Carl Sagan's proposal to terraform Venus. On first glance,...

One of the most unusual stories that H. P. Lovecraft ever wrote is "In the Walls of Eryx."  It isn't the usual soul-sucking el...

In this line of business, it's all too common to run into something so stupid that at first, you think it's a joke.  No one, you thi...

To all of my readers in California:  I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, but you're all gonna die. I know, I know, I shoul...

Yesterday a loyal reader of Skeptophilia , and frequent contributors of topics thereto, sent me a link with the note, "Nothing like exp...