Skeptophilia

In its seven-year run, Star Trek: The Next Generation  had some awe-inspiring and brilliantly creative moments.  "The Inner Light,...

In Isaac Asimov's deservedly famous short story "All the Troubles of the World," the megacomputer Multivac has so much data on...

There are three reasons I don't tend to put much stock in conspiracy theories. The first is that humans are seriously bad at keeping the...

The movie Gattaca  envisions a near future in which our entire destiny is ruled by our genes.  Not only are we subject to genetic tests as a...

I read something today that made me really furious, and the worst part is that I don't even know who the target of my anger is. The st...