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The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

The mission of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry is to promote scientific inquiry, critical investigation, and the use of reason in examining controversial and extraordinary claims.

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New Articles from Skeptical Inquirer Volume 35.5

Skeptical Inquirer Volume 35.5 Cover

  September/October 2011

Selected articles by:

  • Dimitry Rotstein
  • Joe Nickell
  • Richard Wiseman
  • Ryan Shaffer
  • Steven Novella

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Controversies in Science and Fringe Science: From Animals and SETI to Quackery and SHC

Controversies in Science and Fringe Science: From Animals and SETI to Quackery and SHC

by Lys Ann Shore
Skeptical Inquirer · News & Comment · Volume 12.1

We asked Lys Ann Shore, who writes frequently for our News and Comment section, to cover the 1987 conference...

The Burden of Skepticism

by Carl Sagan
Skeptical Inquirer · Feature · Volume 12.1

What is skepticism? It's nothing very esoteric. We encounter it every day. When we buy a used car, if we are the least bit...

The Great East Coast UFO of August 1986

The Great East Coast UFO of August 1986

by James Oberg
Skeptical Inquirer · Feature · Volume 10.4

An Illuminating UFO case raises several interesting points.

Night Walkers and Mystery Mongers: Sense and Nonsense at the Edge of Science

by Carl Sagan
Skeptical Inquirer · Feature · Volume 10.3

In Greece of the second century A.D., during the reign of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, there lived a master con man...

The Nazca Drawings Revisited: Creation of a Full-Sized Duplicate

The Nazca Drawings Revisited: Creation of a Full-Sized Duplicate

by Joe Nickell
Skeptical Inquirer · Feature · Volume 7.3

Re-creation of a 440-foot Nazca figure on a Kentucky field shows how the Peruvian drawings were most likely made.

Space Travel in Bronze Age China?

Space Travel in Bronze Age China?

by David N. Keightley
Skeptical Inquirer · Feature · Volume 3.1

Ancient monuments, cave drawings, texts, and legends have been cited by many "UFOlogists" to show that visitors from...