Skeptophilia

Generally speaking, there are two things that rapidly identify a claim as the work of a crank: (1) saying that it explains everything; and (...

If you spend any time on social media, you've undoubtedly seen the Serbian Dancing Lady. She appears in short clips, taken at night, alm...

On July 7, 2005 , an Islamic suicide bomber detonated an explosive device on a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square, London, killing thirte...

Many of us engage in magical thinking -- attributing causal relationships between actions and events that are simply (often accidentally) c...

It's seldom that we can pinpoint the exact moment of origin of an urban legend.  Much more commonly, they start out from a campfire tale...

Of all the things I've seen written about artificial intelligence systems lately, I don't think anything has freaked me out quite li...

As part of my research for Skeptophilia , I spend way too much time perusing questionable websites. Not that kind of questionable.  Get you...