The Last Exorcism

by LaRae Meadows

Voice in the Dark (theater)

September 9, 2010

Even though I love to see skepticism positively portrayed in a movie, I can't help but feel disappointed by the shameless burglarizing of the history of horror.

Skepticism and the Singularity

by Karen Stollznow

The Naked Skeptic

August 20, 2010

The futurist concept of "the singularity" is far from Aldous Huxley's early futurist ideas of subliminal learning and reproductive technology in Brave New World

Skepticism is Best Left to the Skeptics

by Barrett Brown

All Info All Ways

August 20, 2010

Foreign Policy runs a regular feature titled "Think Again," in which one or another contributor addresses an issue he deems has been misunderstood.

When Scientists Actually Change Their Minds

by Mark Boslough

Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.3, May / June 2010

Broecker's esteem among scientists was not diminished when he changed his mind. The Younger Dryas impact proponents would do well to follow his example.

War of the Weasels

by Dave Thomas

Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.3, May / June 2010

How an intelligent design theorist was bested in a public math competition by a genetic algorithm—a computer simulation of evolution.

Did a Cosmic Impact Kill the Mammoths?

by David Morrison

Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.3, May / June 2010

The rise and fall of the theory that cosmic catastrophes altered human prehistory in North America.

How to Test a Miracle

by Massimo Polidoro

Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.3, May / June 2010

Luigi Garlaschelli and I were asked if we would be interested in testing a twenty-two-year-old mystic woman who talked with the Virgin Mary

Power Balance Technology

by Harriet Hall

Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.3, May / June 2010

Carrying a Power Balance card in your pocket will supposedly improve your athletic performance and cure what ails you.

Abductions and Hoaxes

by Joe Nickell

Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.3, May / June 2010

The evidence provided by Stan Romanek that purports to prove he has been repeatedly visited or contacted by extraterrestrials is all of a suspicious nature.

Chasing the Ghost Bird

by Ben Radford

Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.3, May / June 2010

The ivory-bill has captured the imagination of people the world over for a very long time.