Some things will always be a mystery, no matter how much you try to solve them.

It's been a busy week for conspiracy theorists and cautionary tales for those who believe in them.

Unsurprisingly, the people of Denver don't want to spend their money on researching UFO sightings instead of basic public services.

For the vast majority of people, Halloween is an excuse to dress up in costumes and have fun. But for some, it's a time when demons walk the Earth and a perfect opportunity to fight against the modern world.

Stephen Fry has a message for pedants who crawl through many a blog's comment threads.

Just because you've been condemned to hell doesn't mean it has to be torture. All you need to do is know how to prepare for your particular damnation.

Conspiracies seem to be all around us today. And ironically, that's the reason why most of them can't possibly be true.

Here's a brief animated summary of the Cthulhu Mythos for those of you who from some bizarre reason haven't read it yet.

A closer, more scientific-ish look at the dreaded primordial graboid...

Someone should tell Reverend Robert Barro that "believe what I say or God will smite you" is not a logical or morally upstanding argument in favor of one's religion.

For some inexplicable reason, Nature decided to publish a paranoid parable about tyrannical New Atheists lobotomizing Christians into depression and loneliness.

The third, and for now, final installment of a sci-fi experiment focused on this blog's favorite themes.

A satirical customer complaint about prayer shines a light on the problem with telling people you can speak to a deity able to grant your desires in return for obedience and reverence.

Tim Minchin's famous beat poem about a woo-ey dinner guest is getting made into a short film.

The modern world needs blasphemy not just as abstract right, but being actively exercised when the occasion calls for it.