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While snooping around looking for topics for Skeptophilia , I stumbled upon a page over on Quora that made me utter a string of really bad ...

One of the things that has always struck me about woo-woo types is how little it takes to get them going.  I suppose when you've already...

As silly as it can get sometimes, I am a dedicated Doctor Who  fanatic.  I'm late to the game -- I only watched my first-ever episode of...

One of my ongoing peeves is that so many people put more faith in popular media claims than in what the scientists themselves are saying. ...

Before you jump to a wild explanation for something, it's a good idea to rule out prosaic explanations first. Take, for example, the s...

I find it amusing to note how often woo-woo headlines are phrased as questions, e.g. "Did Aliens Build Stonehenge?"  "Does A ...

Every once in a while, I run into a crazy claim that is so weird that it's actually kind of charming. That was my reaction to an artic...

I was chatting with a couple of students yesterday, and the subject turned to aliens.  Conversations seem to get steered that way when I...

Two weeks ago I wrote a post suggesting that people who have any concern for the promotion of quality information about how the world works...

For those of you who have found yourself distressed by the heavy topics that have appeared here in Skeptophilia  over the last couple of we...

Before you jump to a wild explanation for something, it's a good idea to rule out prosaic explanations first. Take, for example, the ...

My students, as a final projects, are required to perform an experiment of their choice, and report back the results of their research.  And...