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Today's topic, which comes to me via a long-time loyal reader of Skeptophilia , has a funny side and a not-so-funny side. The link my fr...

If there's one piece of advice I have for anyone trying to stay informed, it is: check your sources. Unfortunately, these days, that t...

The last thing we need right now is for people to have another reason to lose their trust in scientists. It's a crucial moment.  On th...

I frequently post about new scientific discoveries, and having a fascination for neuroscience and psychology, a good many of them have to do...

In her marvelous TED Talk " On Being Wrong ," writer and journalist Kathryn Schulz describes a "series of unfortunate assumpt...

I think I've made my position on GMOs plain enough, but let me just be up front about it right out of the starting gate. There is noth...

I get asked rather frequently why I put such trust in the scientific process.  Often, that question is framed even more pointedly; doesn...

One of the many things I harp on with my students is "check your sources." And "check your sources" doesn't mean...

Well, the peer review is complete on Melba Ketchum's paper claiming she had isolated Bigfoot DNA, and the verdict is: Fail.  [ Source ...