Skeptophilia

I present to you three recent articles with a linked theme. The first is about a study at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Re...

I've mentioned before how my difficulties with math short-circuited my goal of becoming a researcher in physics, but the truth is, there...

If there's one phrase that torques the absolute hell out of me -- and just about every actual scientist out there -- it's, "Wel...

Last week I had a frustrating exchange with an acquaintance over the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine. He'd posted on social media a meme ...

I've suspected for a while that the FBI is keeping a file on me based upon my Google search history. This, I suspect, is something that ...

The unfortunate reality is that in this "Age of Information," where we as a species have the ability to store, access, and transfe...

It's mid-September, so you know what that means: It's time for this year's Ig Nobel Prizes. The Ig Nobel Prizes  celebrate t...

Sometimes I run into a piece of scientific research that's so odd and charming that I just have to tell you about it. Take, for exampl...

If you think that scientists are a bunch of dry-as-dust, humorless nerds, all you have to do to realize you were wrong is to read about Thur...