The true science behind our most popular urban legends. Historical mysteries, paranormal claims, pop
Do lots of famous pop musicians really die at the age of 27, or is there something in science that j
Did the village of Nazareth exist at the time of Jesus, making it possible for there to have been a
Some claim that artificial turf sports fields emit poisonous chemicals, making them dangerous for ch
What better way to celebrate 17 years of the Skeptoid podcast than a 17-question pop quiz!
Does a monster salamander the size of Asia's largest live undiscovered in the Pacific Northwest?
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Can you really make your eyesight better with a simple series of eye movements and exercises?
Severed feet have been washing up on the shores of the Salish Sea since 2007. What could be the caus
How an old Italian UFO hoax became proof of alien visitation to the US Congress
This supplement is claimed by social media influencers to be Nature's Ozempic.
Reports from some extreme adventurers say that a benevolent presence sometimes appears to provide co
Pop culture tells us the famous Norden bombsight from World War II was actually terribly inaccurate.
This greatest of all imaginable treasures from the Dead Sea Scrolls probably never existed.
Is the world record highest air temperature a solid measurement, or might it be invalid?
Are these remarkable stones natural, or proof of an ancient advanced civilization?
Were these two men from an Amazon tribe that had been massacred, or could their story be explained m
A look into the origin story of swamp gas as the explanation for UFOs.
A roundup of the ways that work — and that don't work — to help a conspiracy theorist free himself f
In which I issue yet another round of corrections to past episodes.
Popular wisdom tells us that just touching fentanyl can produce a lethal overdose. What's the fact a
