Michael Fitzpatrick's bold new idea for combatting denialism and attacks on scientific fact: pretend denialists always argue in good faith and don't call them out on their denialism.

Anti-vaxers are on a mission to bring back diseases we eliminated or kept under control by vaccination thanks to Luddism, disinformation, and conspiracy theories.

No, we haven't found life 25,000 light years away, just one sugar molecule that could be used by living things.

When reporters already know what story they're going to write, your research becomes nothing more than bastardized fodder.

Research into teen pregnancy seems to be rife with confusing causation and correlation.

When your worldview gets popular, you're going to get followers who are in it only to jump on the bandwagon.

Of all the sins that worry the religious right, lust, in the form of pornography, seems to dominate their every other waking thought.

A satirical piece perfectly captures how pseudoscience works and what it sounds like when applied to basic facts no one actually disputes.

The wealthy, secretive UFO cult is back in the news and they're not taking it well.

Chris Mooney and GQ Magazine want readers to ask "Hey, who's that nerd posing with my favorite rock star?"