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 36.1
January/February 2012
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Have You Had Your Antioxidants Today?
by Steven Novella
Skeptical Inquirer · The Science of Medicine · Volume 35.6
If you believe the hype, then you want them in your food; you want to take them as pills; and you want the maximum most powerful antioxidants that can be found in nature. Unfortunately, the evidence does not support the claim that there are any health benefits to taking antioxidants.
Maria Monk’s Awful Disclosures: A Classic American Conspiracy Theory
by Robert Blaskiewicz
Special Articles · The Conspiracy Guy
February 27, 2012
We have a long history of being afraid of the wrong people: the Masons, the Illuminati, the Commies, those cunning homosexuals—all of these groups at some point or another have been identified as the enemy, the embodiment of evil that would tear the heart out of America and deliver it to perdition.
In the Media: 2011 Activities of Joe Nickell
by Joe Nickell
Special Articles
February 17, 2012
CSI Senior Research Fellow Joe Nickell had yet another very busy year, utilizing his varied background as stage magician and mentalist, private detective for a world-famous detective agency, forensic science writer, historical document consultant, and university scholar in literature.
World Skeptics Congress in Berlin, May 18–20th 2012: Promoting Science in an Age of Uncertainty
by Kylie Sturgess
Special Articles · Curiouser and Curiouser
February 15, 2012
An interview with Amardeo Sarma, founder and chairman of the German Society for the Scientific Investigation of Para-Sciences (GWUP), chairman of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations (ECSO), and fellow and Executive Council member of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
YouTube and the Coming Angel Apocalypse
by Rebecca Watson
Special Articles · Skepchick
February 13, 2012
Today's topic: strange sounds coming from the sky, which have taken YouTube by storm. I'm going to explain some of them, but as soon as I do, someone will upload a new video using a new trick and someone else will have to start all over again to debunk it.
CFI-Argentina Report 2011
by Alejandro Borgo
Special Articles
February 8, 2012
In 2011, CFI-Argentina presented courses, lectures, meetings, group organizing, television appearances, and more.