Skeptophilia

The adage goes, "Extinction is forever." It's a sobering thought.  There's been talk of "de-extinction" -- using...

So much of the damage we've done to the planet hasn't been deliberate destructiveness; it's been due to our carelessly stomping ...

The iconic movie Jurassic Park  has provided us with quite a number of quotable lines: "I hate it when I'm always right." ...

Given all the horrible and discouraging news we're bombarded with on a daily basis, sometimes it's nice to focus on some of the posi...

A month ago I wrote about an alarming study that looks at the population decline amongst American bird species .  We're not talking smal...

Much as I hate to end the week on a dark note, I felt like I had to tell you about an alarming piece of research indicating that we may be i...

That a lot of people would prefer it if the world was simple is hardly an earthshattering claim.  You see it all over, especially in politi...