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New Articles from Skeptical Inquirer Volume 35.5
September/October 2011
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What's New?
Civilizations Lost and Found: Fabricating History - Part One: An Alternate Reality
by Kenneth Feder, Bradley T. Lepper, Terry A. Barnhart, and Deborah A. Bolnick
Skeptical Inquirer · Feature · Volume 35.5
The Lost Civilizations of North America documentary is one in a long line of failed attempts to populate America’s ancient past with the denizens of lost tribes, lost cities, and, as its title indicates, lost civilizations.
The Haunted Brain
by Richard Wiseman
Skeptical Inquirer · Feature · Volume 35.5
Reports of alleged ghostly activity tell us a great deal about the innermost workings of our brains.
The Perpetual Quest
by Dimitry Rotstein
Skeptical Inquirer · Feature · Volume 35.5
How to make a perpetual motion device and live to tell about it.
The Life and Death of ‘Living God’ Sathya Sai Baba
by Ryan Shaffer
Skeptical Inquirer · Special Report · Volume 35.5
Sathya Sai Baba, a living god for nearly forty million people, died in April. He had a nine-billion-dollar organization and religious centers throughout the world. Who was Baba? Why was he thought to be a god?
In Search of the Emerald Grail
by Joe Nickell
Skeptical Inquirer · Investigative Files · Volume 35.5
Il Sacro Catino, “The Holy Basin,” is one of the most famous embodiments of the legendary “Holy Grail,” and I was able to study both it and its legend there in the fall of 2009, attempting to resolve some of the mysteries and controversies concerning it.
Selling Stem Cell Hype
by Steven Novella
Skeptical Inquirer · The Science of Medicine · Volume 35.5
Stem cells have tremendous potential, and they will likely be playing an increasing role in medical therapies over the next twenty years. But reality has yet to catch up with the hype.