Skeptophilia

In many people, there's a deep-seated need to find a reason for the bad things that happen in the world. Well, of course, there always a...

Every so often, I run into a claim that some archaeological site aligns with a particular astronomical object, and all too often, everyone d...

A few days ago, I had a perfectly dreadful day. The events varied from the truly tragic (receiving news that a former student had died) to t...

The Star Trek: The Next Generation  episode "The Chase" is justly revered by Trekkies, and also by people who simply like a good s...

Do coincidences mean anything? This was the subject of a fantastic, and sadly little-known, movie --  I 'Heart' Huckabee's .  ...

Yesterday I ran into a "proof of the existence of god" I'd never seen before; the idea that there are mathematical patterns th...

I've always been fascinated with patterns.  Starting with a love for geometric patterns when I was a kid, I remember finding out about t...