Skeptoid

Beginning in 1971, a series of ghastly faces began appearing on the concrete floor of a house in a Spanish village. Should people make life decisions based on their belief that these faces were divinely inspired?

Ball lightning is often the first explanation many of us reach for when we hear any report involving a glowing orb of light. But science has yet to confirm that such a thing even exists at all, and the widely varying eyewitness reports don't help either.

Popular mythology tells us that the pyramids were built by Jewish slaves, but is there any evidence supporting this? Apparently not. Jews were elsewhere at the time, and skilled Egyptian workers were found to have been at the pyramids.

In 1978, a massive boom shook this small island in Newfoundland, destroying buildings, killing animals, and ruining electrical wiring. Some say it was a test of a US superweapon. What does the evidence support?

Some call it Bullshido: Martial arts tricks that you see on YouTube. Instructors knocking out their students with a single touch, or even no touch at all. These con men have been tricking people into their schools for decades.

Skeptoid answers some student questions. This week: string theory, the Asian Flush, the Peltzman Effect, health benefits of daylight lamps, and temperature's effect on arthritis pain.

We all have friends and loved ones with pseudoscientific, supernatural, or just plain wrong beliefs. Sometimes these beliefs can become a danger to them. Here are some steps you can follow to help them see the light.

Skeptoid takes a look back at some old episodes that had errors in them needing correction. Some are big, some are small, all need a slap upside the head.

Some proponents advocate that going barefoot is not only better for the health of your feet, it can also help you perform better in sports or in virtually every other life situation.

The Antikythera Mechanism is a sophisticated bronze instrument found in a shipwreck, dated 1000 years earlier than known peoples were able to build such things. Does it prove the existence of aliens, time travelers, or Atlanteans?

Each October, a Thai festival celebrates the end of the Buddhist Lent with a giant river serpent who spits flaming balls into the sky. You can actually see them. Is there a natural explanation, or is the river serpent real?

Skeptoid addresses some listener feedback pertaining to the Rendlesham Forest UFO, network marketing, microwaved food, and evil worldwide conspiracies of Illuminati.

On a lakeshore in China, modern metal pipes can be found buried throughout the ancient sediment, as much as 150,000 years ago. Does this prove an alien construction project, or might there be a natural explanation?

A closer look at the actual ingredients in vaccines. Do they really contain the horrifying poisons claimed by antivaccine activists? The facts may surprise you.

In the most extensive research done yet on seances, the Scole Experiment sought to establish that such phenomena are real and actually supernatural. Just one problem: They forgot to employ any controls at all.