Skeptophilia

One of the fastest-growing areas of alternative medicine is "essential oils." Essential oils are at least something real; it's...

In many places, people argue vehemently about politics, religion, or culture.  In my home place of southern Louisiana, the hill people will ...

Apparently, Australia being nonexistent and people selling homeopathic black holes weren't enough, so a friend and loyal reader of Skept...

The news has been filled in the last couple of weeks with stories about the ongoing epidemic of Ebola fever in west Africa .  And certainly...

I'd always wondered how "aromatherapy" was supposed to work.  I mean, I like nice-smelling things as much as the next guy, but...