For centuries, alchemy has been considered something of an intellectual embarrassment alongside witchcraft and superstition. Scientific juggernauts such as Robert Boyle and Sir Isaac Newton were intensely interested in the subject, devoting as much time to their alchemical pursuits as they did to...

I was contacted in 2023 by a journalist writing for a major news outlet. In her email—which was written with the terseness that only journalists and famous people seem to get away with—she asked me to comment on a new study that had made a “major breakthrough” in the best time of day to...

Amid escalating drama, German skeptics face a crucial decision at their general assembly on May 11. The vote is not just between the current chairman and his challenger, but also about whether it is the role of skeptic organizations to challenge the logical inconsistencies in critical studies and...