Skeptophilia

Ever heard of Wolf-Rayet stars ?  They deserve more notice than they get, as one of the most violently energetic phenomena in the universe. ...

I remember when I first ran into the rather mind-blowing concept that the familiar elements we have here on Earth -- oxygen, nitrogen, carbo...

Because I'm tired of doomscrolling on Twitter and getting more and more discouraged about what's going on in the United States right...

Lately, I've felt like I'm living in some kind of computer simulation run by aliens, only the aliens have gotten bored and/or stoned...

We have an unfortunate tendency to idealize the past. Well, unfortunate is probably the wrong word.  I don't guess it does any real harm...

Because my other option is to go on a crazed rant about how my country is being run by an amoral sociopath, and about how even given that fa...

I think we've all had moments when we were taken in by a prank or a hoax.  Some of them can be pretty clever, and after all, we're o...