Skeptophilia

Dear Readers: This is to let you know of some upcoming changes. Some of you might know I also write over at Substack , and over there have f...

Rounding out Paleontology Week is a story courtesy of my friend and long-time loyal reader of Skeptophilia , the brilliant novelist Tyler To...

One of the reasons I became a speculative fiction novelist is because I love to think about how the world would be if the rules were differe...

We're at a dire crossroads, here in the United States, with a president under investigation, foreign and domestic policy decisions being...

What the hell is going on in Illinois? Recently there have been no fewer than five separate reports of bizarre goings-on involving winged ...

In the past week, I've written about a few cases for which an application of the sharp edge of Ockham's Razor would be advisable -- ...

When I was in elementary school, I developed a fascination with extinct prehistoric animals.  Not unusual, I realize; kids love big, powerfu...