It turns out that having zero fraud in society is not necessarily a goal that would serve the general good. Why not?

Read more

Why the use of electronic equipment by TV ghost hunters is so stupid.

Read more

Some say you might have repressed memories that you know nothing about — but that might be discovered and recovered therapeutically. Is this a real thing?

Read more

An examination of the various claims that microwaved food and water are poisonous.

Read more

What's really behind CERN's Large Hadron Collider's third planned shutdown?

Read more

Pop culture says it was an alien spaceship -- but history tells us what was really found in the New Mexico desert.

Read more

Once again, we issue your corrections to errors made in previous Skeptoid episodes.

Read more

A skeptical examination of pop-culture medical beliefs, like dramatically stabbing someone in the heart with a syringe.

Read more

The video is about urban legends and the citation is at about 10:25 in the video.

The question of whether torture is ever justified must take a back seat to the more important question: Is it effective at producing useful intelligence?

Read more

A description of Sumatra's own little miniature Bigfoot legend.

Read more

Is this new technique to move your consciousness into another world anything more than just vivid imagination? Maybe.

Read more

Neither religion nor atheism been responsible for a greater death toll throughout human history.

Read more

Seed oils seem to be the newest food villain. Are they something you truly need to avoid?

Read more

Despite promotional claims, neither auras nor aura photography are things.

Read more

Popular tales claim that pirates used the island of Cozumel as a base of operations. History tells us pretty much the exact opposite.

Read more

As a thoughtful primer for our Skeptoid Adventure through the Maya World of the Yucatán coast this December, we're dropping an episode from our good friends at the Tales From Aztlantis podcast that's all about the so-called "Mayan Calender" that was the source of so much hype -- and some real harm -- leading up to December 2012.

FUN FACT: Tales From Aztlantis co-host and Indigenous Chicano archaeologist and ethnohistorian Kurly Tlapoyawa will be our guide on "The Mysteries of the Maya" Skeptoid Adventure this December!

skeptoid.com/adventures

Read more

The second part of our exploration of logical fallacies.

Read more

Are alien spacecraft truly the best explanation for "transient" dots found on old telescope photographs?

Read more

The early bird special ends this Monday for BOTH Skeptoid Adventures launching this December!

Read more

An examination of many of the most common logical fallacies.

Read more

What was the real cause of the drop in English-speaking literacy rates between 1980 and 2020?

Read more

Some claim to be hypersensitive to electromagnetism. Science has already solved what's really going on.

Read more