Skeptophilia

Yesterday I ran into a claim that, even by comparison with most alt-med nonsense, is way out there. The gist of it is that you can fix all ...

I'm kind of an excitable type. I think that may be why I went into science.  The rigorous, evidence-basted methods of science were a nic...

I'm always amazed at the depth of information paleontologists can glean from fossils. And I'm not even including the ones that show ...

I have a fascination for optical illusions. Not only are they cool, they often point out some profound information about how we process sens...

Back in 1850, Italian paleontologist Giuseppe Meneghini  found a peculiar fossil in the early Cambrian rocks of Sardinia.  It had a very dis...

I am forever astonished at the level of detail we can infer from fossils that are hundreds of millions of years old. The most recent example...

Ever heard of TON 618 ? I hadn't until a few days ago, which is surprising considering my dual fascination with (1) astronomy, and (2) t...