Skeptophilia

One of the most terrifying legends to come out of the Algonquian tribes of northeastern North America is about a creature called the Wendigo...

One of the nice things about science is that it allows us to understand the parts of the universe that are beyond common sense.   Don't ...

A common -- although, as it turns out, completely understandable -- error is to say that the Earth and other planets orbit the Sun. No, I...

Yesterday's post focused on the unfortunate fact that gullible people will always be with us, as will the charlatans and fakers who make...

One of the difficulties with establishing paranormal claims is that there are so many ways of getting the wrong answer. There are the inevit...

When I was a kid, I was big fan of books with names like Strange True Tales of the Supernatural and World of the Weird .  These books often...

Well, another alleged UFO artifact has been analyzed and found wanting. It's gotten to be a pattern, hasn't it?  Someone claims to h...