Skeptophilia

As part of our ongoing exploration of things that are big and scary and powerful and can kill you, today we have: underwater avalanches. It...

The Greek island of Thera -- often known by its Italianized name of Santorini -- is the southernmost of the Cyclades , an island chain in t...

I didn't realize how complicated it is to calculate the magnitude of an earthquake. Most of us are probably familiar with the Richter Sc...

I'm perpetually astonished at how little it takes to get the woo-woos going. I suppose, though, that's the definition of confirmat...