A paranormal investigator known as the “real-life Scully” who died last month was remembered as “an icon and hero within the skeptical community” credited with cracking hundreds of mysteries. Joe ...

Along with other staff of the magazine Skeptical Inquirer, I was shocked by a recent letter to The News. John Zeis, a professor of philosophy, challenged Joe Nickell's observations about stigmatic ...

As a paranormal investigator, Joe Nickell was in high demand, studying ghosts, the Loch Ness monster, crop circles and appearances of Jesus, including one on a tortilla. His search for legendary ...

AMHERST, N.Y. -- Paul Kurtz, who founded an international center devoted to debunking psychics and UFOs and promoting science and reason over what he viewed as religious myths, has died. He was 86.

WILLIAMSTOWN -- Williams College astronomy professor Jay M. Pasachoff is skeptical about many things, but he believes in skepticism. He teaches a class on it. He practices it in everyday life. He's ...