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I've been asked a number of times why I disbelieve in such phenomena as ghosts, and my answer is always the same: I don't.  I have n...

Skeptics trying to tease apart fact from fiction in accounts of allegedly paranormal occurrences are fighting against a confluence of human ...

Following hard on the heels of yesterday's post about dogs' uncanny ability to tune into their owners' cues, today we have: Dogs...

It is the nature of the world that sometimes we have to look at all of the available evidence, and not come to a conclusion. It's temp...

Life isn't always smooth sailing, for me or for anyone else, but I'm thankful that I've never had to deal with a "duppy....

Have you ever heard of the New York Supreme Court Case, Stambovsky v. Ackley ? I hadn't, until yesterday. This came up because of a ...

Spurred by my post a couple of weeks ago debunking claims that microwave ovens are unsafe, a loyal reader of Skeptophilia sent me an email ...

There's a lot of misunderstanding out there about the definition of the word "skeptic." "Skeptic" is not synonymou...

Yesterday we considered the question of whether stating your disbelief in a religious "miracle" (despite evidence that it is a pur...