Hokum-Balderdash Assay

Wonder how decomposed the corpse was when police found it. The body of a British woman was kept secretly for four months by her mother, who...

When I was a child, I used to pray to God for a bicycle. But then I realized that God didn't work in that way--so I stole a bike and pra...

This is an interesting and encouraging development. It seems that not all (male) Muslims approve of the veil . The Egyptian minister of reli...

In a public forum an adherent of the Members of the Church of God International shared the following quote which he said comes from Batman ...

Mary has made an appearance. This time as a stalagmite, in the meat section. The Virgin looks pretty phallic in this apparition, doesn'...

Just sighted the following bumper sticker (white fonts on red background) on the car in front of me. Took a picture of it using my phone...

Psychics and fortune tellers cost money. So why not consult a tree instead? People in Thailand have been flocking to visit a banana tree wh...

Carole Peach is a South African psychic. Unfortunately for her she failed to see that she was going to be robbed. She had no forewarning th...

Among the differences between an epistemology that actually works, i.e., one that gets us (closer) to the truth, and one that's bogus-...

Stories from the GiTMO closet: In October 2002, a U.S. Marine captain allegedly squatted over a copy of the Quran during intensive questi...

Psychics get their tips from spirits. Robertson receives his from an invisible sky daddy. Pat Robertson predicted Tuesday that a terrorist ...

Here's Richard Dawkins ' contribution to the On Faith series by Newsweek and the Washington Post. Athorism is enjoying a certain vog...

ET was on his way to carve his latest crop circle design but his navigator screwed up and they ended hovering over a tarmac. A flying sauce...

When I saw the clouds and color of the sky I grabbed my digicam and started shooting. Here are a couple of the shots I took. I then noticed ...

I'm not particularly satisfied with the answers that Sam Harris put forth his 10 Myths — And 10 Truths — About Atheism . Maybe he fire...

It's that time of year again--when Muslims stone the guy with two horns and a tail. Oh but they do so by pelting, uh, stone. That'...

Ben Goldacre looks back on the baaad science of 2006 in the UK.

Notwithstanding the possibility that I'm committing a false dichotomy, either I have pretty deaf friends and relatives or pretty daft on...

Nope. And the Indonesian officers weren't doing an April Fools'. BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: Enforcing Islamic law, religious police in ...

A London zoo Komodo dragon named Flora recently laid eight fertile eggs without the aid of a consort. According to the Chester Zoo, "[...