James Randi was the worst enemy charlatans ever had. Randi, who died Tuesday at age 92, devoted most of his adult life to exposing the deceptions and delusions behind paranormal claims and to evang…

Neil deGrasse Tyson blasted an anti-science skeptic who confronted him at a press conference last week when the man tried to convince him that the Large Hadron Collider is an existential threat to...

Last October, I wrote about my experiences with the nascent skepticism movement in Brazil. In August of 2019, I traveled to São Paulo to speak at a number o ...

Escaping the Rabbit Hole with Mick West Throughout the entire series of Skeptical Inquirer Presents live online events, one question has come up more than a ...

A lack of scientific literacy is correlated with undue fears around genetic modification, chemicals, and common food production techniques.

Meeting Britt Hermes for the first time, I’d never have pegged her for one of the most polarizing figures on the internetz. Friendly and…

By this past fall, vaccines had been widely available for months, yet a sizable group of Americans were still expressing doubts and not getting their shots. ...

The unlikely partnership between psychology, neuroscience, and magic

A Massachusetts woman who paid a purported psychic $3.5 million for “repeated exorcisms” and “spiritual cleansing” is about to get her money back — in part because the psychic hid the paranormally-...

Homeopathy is fake medicine. It doesn’t treat or cure anything. It’s based on junk science. But retailers and pharmacies will sell it to you anyway.The Cente...

SUMMARY: Biology faces a grave threat from “progressive” politics that are changing the way our work is done, delimiting areas of biology that are taboo and ...

It seems like every time we feel like we know how it all started for Homo sapiens another new discovery rewrites our understanding of who we are a ...

To the editor: Your article “Jessica Biel steps into vaccine debate as other celebrities fear the ‘anti-vax’ label,” was important and accurate.

The reflections from convicted psychics who speak to the board may give pause to those willing to pay for a peek at the future.

Riko Muranaka awarded prize for efforts to explain jabs’s safety amid scare campaigns which have seen Japanese vaccination rate fall from over 70% to 1%

A German company selling homeopathic remedies is taking Natalie Grams to court. I spoke with Udo Endruscheit of Information Network Homeopathy to find out w ...

Jeff Hawkins: How Your Brain Understands the World and Why It Sometimes Gets It Wrong Everything we think we understand—our perceptions, thoughts, and exper ...

The tiny worms, known as nematodes or more commonly as roundworms, had been frozen for 42,000 years — since much of the planet was covered in ice sheets.

There's no such thing as a detox.

"Vaccine hesitancy" has been identified as one potential factor contributing to the 30 percent increase in measles cases around the world.

One important, but often overlooked, principle of critical thinking and skeptical investigation is to look not only for positive evidence (such as paper tra ...

Sunday's episode of Last Week Tonight took an in-depth look at a somewhat unexpected topic. Notably, the show's host moved away from his typical political coverage and instead focused on a topic that...

Italy now requires children to prove they have been vaccinated before attending school.

“There are various reasons why people experience ghosts — or, more correctly, experience what they interpreted as ghosts," says this skeptic. Here's how experts break it down.

Garlic and ginger pills can delay the healing of skin wounds when breast cancer spreads, expert says.

Pharmacies are being urged to ban homeopathic products, and not sell complementary therapies and alternative medicines without clinical evidence.

His new Netflix show isn't called "Bill Nye Saves the World" for nothing.

On the anniversary of Roswell, remember that the truth is not actually out there.

I’ve watched every episode of the three seasons of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (A&E). This deep dive into Scientology’s history, precepts ...

Gone was the Nye of the ’90s, the man whose show was a middle school substitute teacher’s secret weapon. This was the Science Guy of 2019, delivering a profanity-laden sermon.

Francesco Bonifazi fell into a coma as a result of brain inflammation and died three days later.

The world watched in awe as Michael Phelps—the most decorated Olympian in history—added another five gold medals to his record-breaking tally at the Rio Gam ...

The poll also found Canadians were divided on whether they believed creationism should be taught in schools. 

Robyn Blumner to Become President and CEO of Center for Inquiry

The chemtrails conspiracy theory holds that the long white lines you sometimes see forming and spreading out behind aircraft are actually a secret form of g ...