Skeptophilia

One of the most frustrating things about science, from the point of view of non-scientists, is that sometimes we have to say "we simply...

Our relationship with our pets has a very long history. We know more about our connection to dogs; we've been keeping dogs (or vice vers...

Today's topic in Skeptophilia isn't controversial so much as it is amazing.  And shows us once again what a weird, endlessly fascin...

"Spacetime tells matter how to move; matter tells spacetime how to curve." This rather mind-blowing statement by groundbreaking Am...

If you own anything made of gold, take a look at it now. I'm looking at my wedding ring, made of three narrow interlocked gold bands.  I...

George Orwell, in his classic book 1984 , writes characters who speak a dialect of English called " Newspeak ." The "Minitrue...

In further evidence that we're living in the Upside Down, a man who once publicly said "I have no reason to ask God for forgivenes...