If skeptics are trying to win hearts and minds, they need to remember that teaching kids real science and critical thinking can't be sidelined.

Newly minted atheists are joining skeptical groups and those groups are not happy about it...

Two scientists submit the applications that an opening for a homeopathic doctor deserved...

Phil Plait urges skepticism in moderation and without harsh criticism. By using rather hard criticism of skeptics on the front lines.

Scientists and engineers don't turn into cranks overnight. It's a process that usually starts by not knowing when to cut one's losses...

Frank Swain's criticism of skeptical bloggers has some good notes, but largely misses the broader point of what skeptical blogging is all about.

It's one thing to criticize junk science or lack of detail when it comes to transhumanism. It's something else to dismiss the entire concept based on glorified statism and fatalism.

National healthcare systems are getting sick and tired of paying for expensive placebos.

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

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.

Being told more people believed something makes you more likely to believe it too, even if science says the exact opposite.

Despite dangling a million dollar prize, with updated bank statements that it's legit, for a demonstration of a supernatural ability, James Randi has very few takers.

The Catholic Church has a thousand year old history of various sexual abuses they successfully kept from the law. Their recent scandals merely reveal how they've always operated.

Baba Brinkman comes up with a proper diss track for cranks, quacks, and snake oil salesmen.

The Daily Galaxy takes up preaching the gospel of the Singularity to its fans while dodging the sketchy history and problematic future of the concept.