Skeptophilia

I've mentioned before that I have an absolute fascination with historical mysteries, which is why if I had the opportunity to visit one ...

In 376 C.E., an enormous group of Germanic-speaking Goths, primarily from the Tervingi and Greuthungi  tribes, showed up along the Danube R...

Making pottery is a complicated enterprise. I say this from some degree of personal experience.  About ten years ago, on the urging of my ar...

I'm always drawn to a historical mystery. The difficulty, of course, is given that a huge amount of our history has either highly unreli...

I have wondered for some time what starts a person down the path of inventing some crazy crackpot theory.  When I was a teenager, I went thr...

I have wondered for some time what starts a person down the path of inventing some crazy crackpot theory.  When I was a teenager, I went thr...

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

Last night, I was working out at the gym, and one of the televisions was showing a program about a subject I know and love: Vikings. My MA...