Skeptophilia

In somewhat the same vein as yesterday's post, which was about the capacity of subsonic standing waves to induce the sensations we often...

One of the difficulties with discouraging bogus claims of the paranormal is the profit motive. A lot of it, of course, is that the money tha...

Thanks to my friend, the ever-sharp-eyed author Gil Miller , I now have a giant bruise in the middle of my forehead from doing facepalms. Gi...

As I've said many times before: I'm not saying that the paranormal is impossible.  I would really like it, however, if people would ...

My thought process is like a giant game of free association at the best of times, and there have been occasions when I've tried to figur...

This week we've been dealing with some pretty heavy topics, so I thought today I'd lighten things up by telling you about a strange ...

Sometimes, with folk tales, you can pinpoint exactly when a legend entered the public awareness.  Someone writes and publishes a story in on...

It seems like every day I'm forced to face the unfortunate fact that I don't seem to understand my fellow humans very well. All I ha...

I was asked a curious question by a loyal reader of Skeptophilia , one that intrigued me enough I thought it was worth devoting an entire po...