Skeptophilia

Well, another alleged UFO artifact has been analyzed and found wanting. It's gotten to be a pattern, hasn't it?  Someone claims to h...

It always astonishes me how much it takes for people to say to some nonsense-spouting pseudo-pundit, "You are nuttier than squirrel shi...

Pieces of one of the most enduring mysteries in UFO lore have allegedly been discovered in the National Archives of London. Called the ...

In the past week, I watched two things that were interesting in juxtaposition. One of them came my way because for my holiday gift my wife g...

In choosing topics for this blog, I try not to have it simply devolve into taking random pot shots at crazies.  Loony ideas are a dime a doz...

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...

If you think you've got problems, at least you're not trying to get rid of a huge Arizona ranch at a $1.5 million loss because you...

If you're wondering why the world seems to have lost its collective marbles lately, we now have an answer: The Reptilians who control ...

Because I'm known around my school as the resident Skeptic Guy, I get into some really weird conversations with students sometimes.  The...