Orbs as Plasma Life

The Spectrum of Skepticism

The concerns of scientific skeptics cover an astonishingly wide range

Understanding Gallup’s Latest Poll on Evolution

When a pollster that’s been surveying public opinion about evolution

CFI, Richard Dawkins, Teachers Slam as ‘Unconscionable’ Turkey’s Decision to Ban Teaching Evolution

Turkey already ranked even worse than the United States in

Psychic Roundup: ‘Psychics’ Convicted

The first few months of 2017 have not been good

Genetic Engineering through Music?

The Journal of Scientific Exploration (JSE) is one of the

Australia’s Storied Ghosts

Joe Nickell, PhD, is now well into his fifth decade

A Consistently Erroneous Technology

James Randi began his career as a stage magician and

The Monster of Florence: Case Closed?

The Terrifying Story of the Most Infamous Ritual Murders in Italian History, Part 2

Evolution in the College Classroom

Facilitating Conversations about Science and Religion

P-Hacker Confessions: Daryl Bem and Me

Stuart Vyse is a psychologist and author of Believing in

Teaching Skepticism: How Early Can We Begin?

I trust that I need not persuade readers of Skeptical

Predatory Journals: Write, Submit, and Publish the Next Day

In 2012, journalist John Bohannon of the respected journal Science

THE POLITICIZATION of Scientific Issues

Looking through Galileo’s Lens or through the Imaginary Looking Glass

The Fakery of Electrodermal Screening

Souped-up galvanometers are being used to assess people’s health and determine what they supposedly need. Tests expose them as preposterous, and government agencies should stop their use

THE FALLACY FORK

Why It’s Time to Get Rid of Fallacy Theory

BIGFOOT AS BIG MYTH: 7 PHASES OF MYTHMAKING

During its history, the hairy man-beast has evolved through at least seven mythical embodiments

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A History of Physics Worth Fifty-One Thousand Words

In this little red book, Don S. Lemons has assembled

A Brilliant Climate Collaboration

President Trump—who has called climate change a “hoax” and has

Houdini’s Remarkable Female Detective

Rose Mackenberg was a female private detective in the 1920s,

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ]

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