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A friend of mine recently posted, "And poof!  Just like that, 1975 is fifty years ago." My response was, "Sorry.  Wrong.  197...

There are two distinct, but similar-sounding, cognitive biases that I've written about many times here at Skeptophilia because they are...

"The human brain is rife with all sorts of ways of getting it wrong." This quote is from a talk by eminent astrophysicist Neil deG...

A little over a year ago, I decided to do something I've always wanted to do -- learn Japanese. I've had a fascination with Japan si...

In recent posts we have dealt with the Earth being invaded by giant alien bugs, the possibility that Bigfoot and other cryptids are actually...

About two months ago I signed up with Duolingo to study Japanese. I've been fascinated with Japan and the Japanese culture pretty much a...

I want you to recall something simple.  A few to choose from: your own middle name the street you grew up on your best friend in elementary ...

You hear it all the time, don't you?  There's no such thing as common decency any more.  Moral values are in freefall.  Simple polit...

On July 7, 2005 , an Islamic suicide bomber detonated an explosive device on a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square, London, killing thirte...

Kids these days, ya know what I mean? Wiser heads than mine have commented on the laziness, disrespectfulness, and general dissipation of y...