Skeptophilia

I try to keep my rational brain engaged, but man, sometimes it's hard going. Like when I read the story that popped up over at Scientifi...

Regular readers of Skeptophilia  will recognize the name Andrew Butters, my fellow blogger over at the wonderful Potato Chip Math .  Andrew ...

Before I run a race, I have to give myself a serious pep talk, because I'm the kind of person who always assumes the worst.  Although I...

On Monday I wrote in response to Joseph Epstein's commentary about Dr. Jill Biden's Ed.D., in which he called it "comical"...

When I first started teaching biology -- thirty-four years ago, which kind of seems impossible to me -- I always prefaced any discussion of ...

In the brilliant but devastating Doctor Who  episode "Midnight," the Doctor is on a sightseeing expedition that turns deadly when ...

Rosalind Franklin has become justly famous for her role in discovering the three-dimensional structure of the DNA double helix.  Her specia...