Skeptophilia

Ever heard of the Vinland Map? Supposedly dating from the fifteenth century, this map shows the outlines of Europe, Greenland, Asia, Africa....

One of the most revered, and controversial, relics of the Roman Catholic Church has finally been shown to be an unequivocal fake. The Shro...

Two of the many things I do not understand have to do with fake faith healers (not, in my opinion, that there's any other kind). The ...

Following hard on the heels of my post suggesting that caveat emptor  is all well and good, but there should be a way to stop swindlers from...

A friend and frequent contributor of topics to Skeptophilia asked me recently how I don't completely lose faith in humanity, after all ...

Now, first of all, let me state up front that I know that science isn't perfect. Scientists, after all, are only human.  They sometime...

What will it take for people to stop believing in psychics? Most big-name psychics -- James van Praagh, "Psychic Sally" Morgan, ...

A friend of mine sent me a link yesterday to a story that almost defies belief -- that a person (at this point, it's unknown if the per...

One of the saddest things to me is to see a brilliant mind veer off course, and to be powerless to stop it.  I'm not talking about actua...