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Now Online: Skeptical Inquirer Volume 37.1

Skeptical Inquirer Volume 37.1 Cover

  January/February 2013

Selected articles by:

  • Eve Siebert
  • Joe Nickell
  • John Franch
  • Massimo Polidoro
  • Robert Sheaffer

Latest Articles

Lexicon of Unnaturalistic Alternatives

Lexicon of Unnaturalistic Alternatives

by Gary Posner
Skeptical Briefs · Book Review · Volume 6.4

Everything you could ever want to know about alternative healthcare can be found in this one handy little book.

Scientific Consensus and Expert Testimony: Lessons from the Judas Priest Trial

Scientific Consensus and Expert Testimony: Lessons from the Judas Priest Trial

by Timothy E. Moore
Skeptical Inquirer · Article · Volume 20.6

Can a subliminal message induce someone to commit suicide? This was the central question at the Judas Priest trial.

Not-So-Spontaneous Human Combustion

Not-So-Spontaneous Human Combustion

by Joe Nickell
Skeptical Inquirer · Investigative Files · Volume 20.6

Like Count Dracula, the mythical specter of "spontaneous human combustion" (SHC) refuses to die.

That’s Entertainment! TV’s UFO Coverup

That’s Entertainment! TV’s UFO Coverup

by Philip J. Klass
Skeptical Inquirer · Article · Volume 20.6

Network television documentaries about UFOs have willfully ignored evidence that contradicts the pro-aliens theme.

The Klass Files Volume 42

by Philip J. Klass
Special Articles · The Skeptics UFO Newsletter
November 1, 1996

Articles from Volume 42

Conspiracy Theories and Paranoia: Notes from a Mind-Control Conference

Conspiracy Theories and Paranoia: Notes from a Mind-Control Conference

by Evan Harrington
Skeptical Inquirer · Article · Volume 20.5

The debate over "recovered" and "false" memories is one of the most contentious issues in the field of psychology today.