BASS knows a lot about the various skeptical, freethought, atheist, scientific, etc. websites out there. Here is a growing list for you to check out.

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Skepticism

Skeptics Society

A scientific and educational organization of anyone curious about controversial ideas, extraordinary claims, revolutionary ideas, and the promotion of science. Their mission is to serve as an educational tool for those seeking clarification and viewpoints on those controversial ideas and claims. Don’t forget to subscribe to their eSkeptic e-mail newsletter!

http://www.skeptic.com

James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF)

Its aim is to promote critical thinking by reaching out to the public and media with reliable information about paranormal and supernatural ideas. This is the website of James “the Amazing” Randi. Contain TONS of intruiguing material on a variety of topics.

http://www.randi.org

Mythbusters

These are the guys that test all the myths and urban legends, and when a myth doesn’t work, they make it work…hopefully.
dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/mythbusters.html

The Skeptic’s Dictionary

The Skeptics dictionary contains nearly 400 definitions, arguments, and essays on occult topics ranging from acupuncture to zombies. This is one of the best skeptic sites on the internet.
http://skepdic.com/

CSICOP

The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal encourages the critical investigation of paranormal and fringe-science claims from a responsible, scientific point of view and disseminates factual information about the results of such inquiries to the scientific community and the public.
http://www.csicop.org/

Skeptic Report

Skeptic Report hopes to help dispel the darkness cast by irrationality pseudoscience by providing a forum for skeptical and critical thinking. http://www.skepticreport.com/general/index.htm

Skepchick, Inc.

Skepchicks, Intl. is an organization dedicated to promoting skepticism and critical thinking among women around the world.

http://skepchick.org

The Straight Dope

The official Internet home of Cecil Adams, World’s Smartest Human Being, and his famous syndicated column The Straight Dope. Here you will find all manner of things relating to the column and the vast Straight Dope media empire.

Fighting ignorance since 1973.
http://www.straightdope.com/

Snopes

An online database of many urban legends and myths. Also contains research on the veracity of the urban legends and mythgs.
http://www.snopes.com/

Science (Back to Top)

Scientific American

The site of the well known Scientific American magazine. Contains an ever increasing amount of interesting science articles, news, and interesting materials.
http://www.sciam.com/

SciSCOOP

A science news forum and scientific community blog.
http://www.sciscoop.com/

Bad Astronomy

The Bad Astronomy web pages are devoted to airing out myths and misconceptions in astronomy and related topics.
http://www.badastronomy.com/

Astronomical Society of the Pacific

This is a selected list of resources for those who want to examine with a skeptical eye some of the claims at the fringes of science that seem connected to astronomy such as UFO’s, astrology, and the “face” on Mars.

http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/pseudobib.html

The Mars Society

A group dedicated to advance the exploration and settelment of the red planet.

http://www.marssociety.org/

QuackWatch

Quackwatch, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies. Its primary focus is on quackery-related information that is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere. A very useful and important website.
http://www.quackwatch.org/

QuackFiles

The purpose of this web site is to provide links and information, stimulate debate, and exchange ideas regarding healthcare, health fraud, quackery, alternative medicine, metaphysics, religion, etc., often spiced with sarcasm and humor. There is a lot of information on this website.

http://www.quackfiles.com/

Humanism (Back to Top)

Center for Inquiry

The Center for Inquiry is a transnational organization whose purpose is to promote and defend reason, science, and freedom of inquiry in all human endeavors.
http://www.centerforinquiry.net/

Religion (Back to Top)

The Secular Web

With over 8,000 documents and more than 400,000 unique visitors per month, the Secular Web is the largest and most heavily visited nontheistic website on the Internet.
http://www.secweb.org/

Rick Ross

A database of information about cults, destructive cults, controversial groups and movements. The Rick A. Ross Institute of New Jersey (RRI) is a nonprofit public resource with a vast archive that contains thousands of individual documents.
http://www.rickross.com/

Skeptical/Science Podcasts (Back to Top)

Skepticality

A skeptic’s podcast with hosts Derek Colandundo and Swoopy.

http://skepticality.com/index.php

New England Skeptical Society: A Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe

The Skeptics Guide to the Universe is a weekly Podcast talkshow discussing the latest news and topics from the world of the paranormal, fringe science, and controversial claims from a scientific point of view.

http://www.theness.com/

A Skeptic Moment with Tim Kammer

A dose of skepticism on claims of UFO’s, psychics, astrology, pseudoscience, and the paranormal.

http://www.skeptic.podblaze.com/

SETI-Science and Skepticism

A list of several topics on many issues pertaining to science, skepticism, and inquiry. By the SETI Institute, “Are We Alone?”

http://podcast.seti.org/index.xml

Point of Inquiry

Point of Inquiry is the Center for Inquiry’s radio show and podcast, drawing on CFI’s relationship with the leading minds of the day. Each episode combines incisive interviews, features and commentary focusing on CFI’s issues: religion, human values and the borderlands of science.

http://www.pointofinquiry.org