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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

The Eyes that Spoke

The Eyes that Spoke

by Martin Kottmeyer
Skeptical Briefs · Volume 4.3

In his final book, Aliens from Space, Donald Keyhoe briefly recounted the investigation of Barney and Betty Hill...

It’s the End of the World (And I Feel Fine)

by Barry Karr
Skeptical Briefs · Volume 4.3

"Jackson and the Robersons believe that by 1996 the world is going to end in an instant."

Credulity in Puerto Rico

by Etienne C. Rios
Skeptical Briefs · Volume 4.3

Puerto Rico, by virtue of being a US territory, is subject to just about every cultural trend that visits the mainland.

A Close Shave from the Past

by Lewis Jones
Skeptical Briefs · Inklings · Volume 4.3

Last Christmas, New Scientist readers came up with suggestions for gifts to famous individuals.

Cincinnati Skeptics

by Virginia Jergens
Skeptical Briefs · Volume 4.3

The Association for Rational Thought (ART), the Cincinnati skeptics group holds membership meetings once a month...

The Color of “White”

The Color of “White”

by Tom Flynn
Skeptical Briefs · Beyond Belief · Volume 4.3

What’s going on here? We're catching our eyes in the act of second-guessing the color of everything we see.