This article by the Daily Mail online talks about a new fossil discovery that could help scientists solve a current “mystery” in the field of evolutionary biology. The discovery of fossils of turtle ancestors with partially developed shells is helping shed light on the contentious issue of how turtles first developed their shells:

This fossil [...]

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Recently, an article entitled “Does Science Really Have Laws?” appeared on Dinesh D’Souza’s AOL “News Bloggers” Blog. The article is an attempted defense of the existence of miracles, written by my all-time favourite person in the whole world: Dinesh D’Souza.
Summed up, the article explains Hume’s problem of induction, and uses this argument in support [...]

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Hello my fellow skeptics, I’ve returned and apologize profusely for my long-held inactivity.
First and foremost, I would like to thank Mitchell for being an absolute champ in filling the void while I was AWOL.  Despite our obvious need for new contributors (whom we will ALWAYS be happy to hire), Mitchell did a good job keeping [...]

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Often times, the purpose or practicalities of a cause can get lost in the hype. Today, the University of Toronto Students’ Union (UTSU) held their “Day of Action” to protest what they believe to be unfair tuition fee increases in Ontario. Whereas there are certainly arguments to be made for lowering–or even the [...]

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This article about an archaeological find that could support the existence of Jerusalem’s King David (whose existence had been disputed up until now, apparently) is for the most part a fairly interesting article about a fairly interesting discovery.
I say “for the most part”, because the article’s headline and the picture captions (undoubtedly not written by [...]

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The Stop Sylvia Browne website has moved! If you haven’t already, you should go and check it out.
Link: http://stopsylvia.com

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