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One of the frustrations of history and archaeology is that within those disciplines there are realms of inquiry which (unless someone invent...

It can often be difficult to sort fact from fiction, especially when multiple people become involved, each with his or her own agenda -- and...

Ever heard of the Kingdom of Cantre'r Gwaelod ? If not, I hadn't either. Those of you with a linguistic bent might surmise from the ...

Every civilization is built on the remains of prior ones, something that I recall finding a little startling when I first read C. W. Ceram...

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...

A long-time reader of Skeptophilia sent me a link yesterday to a story from Wales, in which we find out about a family who is allegedly bei...

There's a lot of misunderstanding out there about the definition of the word "skeptic." "Skeptic" is not synonymou...

Some of you may remember that three years ago, just as the Mayan Apocalypse nonsense was beginning to get some traction, a cadre of nutjobs ...

Yesterday's post, which involved fact-free speculation about UFOs being a "macro-scale quantum effect," made me realize that i...

It is amazing to me, after all of these years of having a (rather guilty) fascination with cryptozoology, that I still can run into cryptids...

If, as I do, you have strong feelings about the irresponsibility of the anti-vaxxer movement, and the mountain of science that they ignore i...