Skeptophilia

Okay, now I've heard everything. If you ever run across a more ridiculous claim, I do not  want to know about it.  This one already lowe...

You never hear people talking about the planet Neptune much. The other planets are all famous for something or another.  Mercury is the clos...

Today's post comes to us purely from the "Okay, This Is Cool" department. I've been fascinated with plant taxonomy since l...

I guess it's natural enough to ascribe all sorts of bizarre stuff to places we don't know much about.  And top of the list of places...

A former student of mine (and current friend) is a veterinarian in Scotland.  Being committed to a scientific approach to health, she freque...

I didn't realize how complicated it is to calculate the magnitude of an earthquake. Most of us are probably familiar with the Richter Sc...

One of the questions I get asked pretty frequently, apropos of my work as a debunker and critic of woo, is "What's the harm?" ...