Skeptophilia

The first few years my wife and I were married, we had a dog named Doolin. At least I think Doolin was a dog.  The story is that she was bor...

A topic I covered in my intro to biology classes was the phenomenon of pheromones . A pheromone is a chemical secreted by one individual tha...

We once owned a very peculiar border collie named Doolin.  Although from what I've heard, saying "very peculiar" in the same b...

In Agatha Christie's wonderful novel The Pale Horse , a group of self-styled witches claim to be able to curse someone to death.  And th...

So it's fall, and the season of pumpkin  everything .  Pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, pumpkin candy, pumpkin pudding, and pumpkin-flavored...