An enduring anthropological puzzle from Ireland www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/the-...

You insured your... what? www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/just...

Ethnicity, genetics, and why racism is so profoundly stupid www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/race...

Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice. Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.

Skeptophilia followers -- I'm taking a brief break. My next post will be on Monday, December 29. Cheers! www.skeptophilia.com

Some thoughts on the writing process, where characters come from, and... free will #writing #writingcommunity #writer www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/the-...

All of the other reindeer USED TO laugh and call him names. USED TO.

On writing as therapy www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/the-...

Why we need to demand that our leaders tell the truth right from the beginning www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/hoax...

How a strange little plant illustrates something fundamental about evolution www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/the-...

New research confirms a peculiar feature of Einstein's theories www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/a-tw...

About an old Breton legend -- and a cool archaeological discovery off the coast of Brittany www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/take...

No, we don't have a working model of a warp drive, and here's why www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/bold...

On the strange phenomenon of peripheral isolates www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/scat...

On holidays, mythology, and tolerance www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/real...

Some claims of aliens are reasonably credible. On the other hand, some of them... www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/retu...

Happy Monday! ☕️❄️😎🎶☮️🎄💗

Beautiful language vs. "optimal relevance" www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/the-...

Here we go again. "Full disclosure of alien coverups by the government... soon" www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/the-...

Reposting this because the crimes against humanity by this fascist regime are mounting up on the daily! If you agree like many others, please repost as well!

The strange case of the "Burned House Horizon" www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/burn...

I wonder if I should send my name in, or just wait till she finds me?

When a number means more than it seems www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/code...

The dangers of a government based upon flattery www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/repu...

It’s time to stop saying that we need to understand these people. We do understand them. We understand that they have dug in their heels so deeply, they will not be moved by anything: not facts or data or truth or their own eyes. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/we-cant-ch...

Good morning 🌞

About genetics, genealogy... and unexpected connections www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/gene...

I can't wait to hear who won the FIFA Prize in Physics

Found this one earlier. I forget where.

A new discovery about galactic filaments is... dizzying www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/the-...

excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend

Should we excuse an author for being "a person of their times"? www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/excu...

On climate -- and sensitive dependence on initial conditions www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/desc...

What is this? I don't know, but I'm pretty sure it's Not Aliens www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/sphe...

Please, please, let this be true. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-maga-n...

Discoveries in the "rhino Pompeii" www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/foot...

Are some AIs already conscious? The answer may not matter much www.skeptophilia.com/2025/12/the-...

The story of "the most haunted house in London" www.skeptophilia.com/2025/11/the-...

How many languages are there? Depends on how you count them www.skeptophilia.com/2025/11/wand...

Some thoughts about the ancestors www.skeptophilia.com/2025/11/prid...

Is it just me, or is Trump increasingly sounding like this?

On the surprising wolf ancestry of dogs www.skeptophilia.com/2025/11/pack...

The Count visits Mount Shasta www.skeptophilia.com/2025/11/asce...

This is it exactly. I don't want revenge, I just want some damn consequences.

I just saw JD Vance called "Cabbage Patch Satan" and now I can't unsee it.

A curious psychological study that isn't what it seems www.skeptophilia.com/2025/11/batm...

I closed social media for like three hours and the Pope threw a rave, MTG resigned, and Trump endorsed Mamdani before Chuck Schumer did? Now accepting bribes to close social media for all of next week