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It is a general rule of human behavior that it is way easier to make people afraid of something than it is to convince them that what they f...

A few days ago, a loyal reader and frequent contributor of topics to Skeptophilia  sent me an article about a cryptid I'd never heard of...

"Well, I saw it. I saw it with my own eyes." You hear that a lot, in claims of the paranormal.   I was just sitting there, in my...

With all of the controversy right now over the upcoming presidential election, the conflicts over gun rights and federal land ownership, and...

I keep wanting to avoid writing blog posts on the topic of politics, and the politicians keep not letting me. This time it's Ted Cruz ...

Sometimes I wonder if what drew me into rationalism was the fact that there is a whole side of my personality that is fanatically devoted to...

I find it discouraging, sometimes, how often the hucksters win.  We still have homeopathic "remedies" on pharmacy shelves.  Sellin...