Skeptophilia

The advent of the internet gave a whole new life to the phenomenon of urban legends.  When I was a kid (back in the good ol' Ancient Bab...

I've written more than once about astrology, a slice of woo-woo that has never failed to impress me as the most completely ridiculous mo...

Of all the bizarre and fascinating discoveries physicists have made in the last century and a half, I think the one that twists my brain the...

A writer friend of mine on social media asked what I thought was a very interesting question, and one that would be a good topic for this we...

Following hard on the heels of yesterday's post about dogs' uncanny ability to tune into their owners' cues, today we have: Dogs...

Our dog Guinness has brought home the truth of the quip that cats are teenagers, dogs are toddlers. His engine has two settings: "full ...

I'm sure that by now all of you have heard of the " Paleo Diet ," that claims that the path to better health comes from eating...