The world's population is growing rapidly, increasing the risk of poverty, political - economic instability and climate change. In 1950, the world’s population was 2.5 billion; …

From Wikipedia: Determinism is the view that every event, including human cognition, behavior, decision, and action, is causally determined by an unbroken chain of prior occur …

Whilst looking frustratedly at the recycling piling up in my garage, waiting for me to deliver it to the center since the pick-up service in our neighborhood is so stringent that t …

What subjects, topics, themes or approaches are not been sufficiently explored in the world of skeptical media? Wikifying this for back and forth discussion.

Mormonism, which I am only aware of through the book America Unchained by Dave Gorman, is not a religion I've ever really come across. (I do feel suitably ignorant). I have read a …

I think it's about time we had a place to post skeptically-related items that make us smile :) Here's one to start us off, an old but good Onion story. And here's the homeopathy …

Is there a proof of Telekinesis or Psychokinesis? Is it real? I dont believe it because i dont have any scientific proof and it is never seen on TV or big screens

Do skeptics have a religion or believe in religion?

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Helen Thomas, long-time veteran of the White House Press Corp, was booted out recently in the wake of her comments regarding Israelis in Palestine who, in her words, should "get th …

Please take this question in the spirit of inquiry that I intend, not as pushing any particular social agenda. Various countries and institutions have implemented forms of 'positi …

The controversy in America surrounding the polarization of media is significant. The rise of right-wing demagoguery, coupled with the growth, especially online, of left-wing inform …

This is just one of a long example of stomping on the civil rights of GLBT individuals that manifests in America. Not all of the country has this kind of attitude, but large swaths …