Skeptophilia

One of the most important things about learning some general critical thinking skills is that it keeps you from falling for bullshit. Both...

A  study done by Dr. Simon Crowe of La Trobe University  in Australia, has found that coffee is hallucinogenic. That it is psychotropic fa...

I love science, but I really wish it would stop crushing my hopes and dreams. I say this because it has long been my dream to live long en...

Sometimes I think the fringe-y parts of the Religious Right stay up at night, and while the rest of us are doing something constructive like...

It's odd how enamored people are of things that could destroy the entire universe. I mean, on one level I get it.  The sheer power of ...

In my youth, I was quite an accomplished liar. I say "accomplished" more to mean "I did it a lot" rather than "I ...

Yesterday's post, about the generally bizarre nature of dream content, prompted a friend and loyal reader of Skeptophilia , the amazing ...