Skeptical Inquirer
Skeptical Inquirer is the official journal of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Six times per year Skeptical Inquirer publishes critical scientific evaluations of all manner of controversial and extraordinary claims, including but not limited to paranormal and fringe-science matters, and informed discussion of all relevant issues. In addition to news, articles, book reviews, and investigations on a wide variety of topics, Skeptical Inquirer has a stellar stable of regular columnists including Joe Nickell (“Investigative Files”), Massimo Polidoro (“Notes on a Strange World”), Massimo Pigluicci (“Thinking About Science”), Robert Sheaffer (“Psychic Vibrations”), and SI managing editor Benjamin Radford's reader-driven (“The Skeptical Inquiree”). Yale University neurologist Steven Novella, M.D., founder of the New England Skeptical Society and executive editor of the Science-Based Medicine blog, contributes a new "The Science of Medicine" column, and contributing editor Kenneth W. Krause adds a regular science column, "ScienceWatch."
Heaven’s Stenographer: The ‘Guided’ Hand of Vassula Ryden
by Joe Nickell
Volume 35.2, March/April 2011
Investigative Files
She claims to receive communications not only from her guardian angel, “Daniel,” but also from Jesus and even Yahweh himself, who guide her hand ...
Strange Problems in the Wegman Report
by John R. Mashey
Volume 35.2, March/April 2011
Special Report
A computer scientist discusses the roles of plagiarism, conspiracies, anti-science memes, and intense beliefs in a global-warming denying report.
Magic or Miracle?
by Massimo Polidoro
Volume 35.2, March/April 2011
Notes on a Strange World
A Lesson Worth Remembering
Padre Pio: Scandals of a Saint
by Joe Nickell
Volume 35.2, March/April 2011
Book Review
A review of Padre Pio: Miracles and Politics in a Secular Age by Sergio Luzzatto.
Religion on Politics on Science: The Rough Ride for Stem Cells Continues
by Kenneth W. Krause
Volume 35.2, March/April 2011
Science Watch
Nothing obscures or distorts science quite like politics inspired by religion.
The Voynich Manuscript: The Book Nobody Can Read
by Klaus Schmeh
Volume 35.1, January/February 2011
For almost 100 years, experts and amateur researchers have tried to solve the riddle of a handwritten book, referred to as the “Voynich manuscript,” comp...
‘Pop’ Culture: Patent Medicines Become Soda Drinks
by Joe Nickell
Volume 35.1, January/February 2011
Investigative Files
Mineral water, including naturally carbonated water, has long been promoted as a curative for various ailments.
The Aura: A Brief Review
by Bridgette M. Perez
Volume 35.1, January/February 2011
Column
Empirical studies show no evidence for the existence of an aura around humans that supposedly only psychics can see. Why, then, does belief in auras persist?
Magnetic Healing: An Old Scam That Never Dies
by Steven Novella
Volume 35.1, January/February 2011
Column
The notion that magnets can be used for healing has existed since humans discovered them.
The Right Stuff
by Steven Doloff
Volume 35.1, January/February 2011
Column
Will America's (Foolish) Optimism Stare Down the Recession?