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.
Now Online: Skeptical Inquirer Volume 37.1
January/February 2013
Selected articles by:
Latest Articles
A Matter of Perspective, Part II
by Tom Flynn
Skeptical Briefs · Beyond Belief · Volume 5.4
Last issue, we examined the once-difficult motion picture shot in which the camera dollies forward while zooming out...
“Alien Autopsy” Show-and-Tell: Long on Tell, Short on Show
by C. Eugene Emery Jr.
Skeptical Inquirer · Media Watch · Volume 19.6
There's nothing more maddening than being invited to make up your own mind without being given you the tools to do it.
CSICOP Assists in Philadelphia TV Station’s Psychic “Sting”
by Joe Nickell
Skeptical Inquirer · News & Comment · Volume 19.6
A cleverly conceived and strikingly effective psychic expose was conducted in May 1995 by Philadelphia WCAU-TV's Herb Denenberg.
Bra Hazards, Carpet Circles, Lunar Aliens, and Adam’s Animals
by Robert Sheaffer
Skeptical Inquirer · Psychic Vibrations · Volume 19.6
Researchers looking into the causes of breast cancer may have overlooked the most obvious cause of all: the wearing of bras.
Eyewitness Testimony and the Paranormal
by Richard Wiseman, Matthew Smith, and Jeff Wisman
Skeptical Inquirer · Article · Volume 19.6
Much of the evidence relating to paranormal phenomena consists of eyewitness testimony...
“Alien Autopsy” Hoax
by Joe Nickell
Skeptical Inquirer · Investigative Files · Volume 19.6
It keeps going and going and...
