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All of the ways you've heard that deep space wants to kill us — and how plausible or likely each scenario is.

Vaccines are history's great medical success story, having saved more lives than anything else.

Ten of the places where Atlantis true believers think the mythical city might actually be.

Many of the Christian symbols created in the aftermath of the First Crusade have been adopted by White Nationalists. Why?

A look at recent studies finding leaded gasoline caused 151 million mental health illnesses in the United States.

This catchphrase has become popular with comedians. Is that in line with its true origin?

Some believe a fabulous Spanish treasure is buried on the slopes of Oregon's Neahkahnie Mountain.

A few of your favorite experts weigh in on how you can make sure your information comes from the very best sources.

What really happened — and what didn't — in the 2024 telecom cyberattack.

Join us for our 2nd Annual Skeptoid Adventure, this time to the Bermuda Triangle! Early bird pricing ends this Friday, don't miss the boat!

Just as important as the question of how much the livestock industry contributes to global warming is whether your giving up meat will have any real impact.

The newer the data, and the longer we've had to study the epidemiology, the less harm we find that Agent Orange caused.

Cloud seeding would seem like an easy and obvious way to create rain where none existed before. Is it really that simple?

Economic nationalism, while attractive to many populists, is not the path to economic success some believe it to be.

Skeptoid answers another round of feedback emails sent in by listeners.

These schools combine an atypical education with a New Age spirituality called anthroposophy.

Cryonics promises an opportunity for you to be frozen and revived at some distant point in the future — though with plenty of controversy.