Skeptophilia

Have you seen people at the gym lately with brightly-colored pieces of tape stuck to their skin?  If so, it's not some kind of strange f...

I visited Iceland in 2000 with my then-girlfriend (now wife), and we were both impressed by its natural beauty, fascinating history, and ama...

Yesterday I was perusing a site whose apparent purpose is to make people Repent For The End Is Near, and I found that one of the latest thin...

Good news for all of you East Coast cryptozoology buffs who thought you'd have to take a trip all the way to the Pacific Northwest to se...

I was having dinner with a friend last night, and she told me about an encounter she'd had at a party. "We'd only been talkin...

A while back there was a rumor circulating that using cellphones could give you brain cancer.  A study published in 2010, sponsored by the N...

A comic once stated that “everyone wants to live forever, but no one wants to be old.” Largely true, I fear, on both counts.  The continui...