Skeptophilia

Given the rather apocalyptic bent of the last two posts, it was kind of a curious coincidence that a student of mine sent me a link to a stu...

I've always had a fascination for geology, so when I saw the website about a collapse of the tectonic plates underneath Java and Pakista...

Now that Harold Camping has officially retired as Chief Prognosticator of the Apocalypse, we have a new ultrareligious wingnut stepping in t...

Here at Worldwide Wacko Watch, we're following a few breaking stories that you might be interested in. First, the BBC reports ( here )...

Hey, guys -- have you ever found yourself jealous of Captain James T. Kirk, who wherever he went, always had to fight off the seven-foot-tal...

Whatever you think of the accomplishments of one president or another, it can't be easy to hold the highest office in the land.  And one...

New Jersey has the Jersey Devil.  West Virginia has Mothman.  Southern England has Spring-heeled Jack.  All sightings of mysterious, humanoi...