Skeptophilia

In choosing topics for this blog, I try not to have it simply devolve into taking random pot shots at crazies.  Loony ideas are a dime a doz...

Today we have a rather ironic story out of Brazil . Cabaret owner Tarcilia Bezerra, in the city of Fortaleza, wanted to expand his busines...

Any regular reader of Skeptophilia who pays attention to the timestamp on my posts knows that I'm a bit of an insomniac. I have suffe...

Geology buffs probably heard about the announcement last week of the discovery off the coast of Brazil of a large slab of granite.  It's...

The website of the World Health Organization states it this way: "Immunization is one of the most successful and cost-effective healt...

Now, first of all, let me state up front that I know that science isn't perfect. Scientists, after all, are only human.  They sometime...

I think the human brain is fascinating.  Not a surprising statement, I suppose, coming from someone who teaches (amongst other things) an in...