In 1997, the brilliant, wise and sage astrophysicist Carl Sagan wrote: “In popularizing science and trying to make its methods and findings accessible to non-scientists, it then follows that not ...

The degree to which fake news influenced the 2016 election is still up for debate, but there’s no denying that the proliferation of inaccurate facts is a disturbing trend. Fake news has a real, ...

Carl Sagan was famous for teaching people to maintain a healthy skepticism in life, to develop their own “baloney detection kit.” I agree. One nuance I’d like to add, though, is that skepticism does ...

Does the enterprise have a fake news problem? Yes, if our BS filters get foggy. Fortunately we have smart folks to help us with that - including the Baloney Detector provided by famed scientist Carl ...

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When lecturing on science and pseudoscience at colleges and universities, I am inevitably asked, after challenging common beliefs held by many students, "Why should we believe you?" My answer: "You ...

Television. Newspapers. Blogs. YouTube. Books. Facebook. Twitter. Magazines. All of these things provide information. A world of information. With all this information bombarding us from all ...