Ben Radford
Benjamin Radford is a scientific paranormal investigator, a research fellow at the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, deputy editor of the Skeptical Inquirer, and author or co-author of six books and over a thousand articles on skepticism, critical thinking, and science literacy. His newest book is The Martians Have Landed: A History of Media Panics and Hoaxes. Radford is also a columnist for Discovery News and LiveScience.com.
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Geller Revisited
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 30.1, January / February 2006
Skeptical Inquiree
What's that fellow Uri Geller up to these days? I've heard nothing about him for years.
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The First Ibero-American Conference on Critical Thinking
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 30.1, January / February 2006
Special Report
The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal took an important step in establishing a skeptical...
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Science Looks for Bigfoot but Finds Bison
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 30.1, January / February 2006
News & Comment
Bigfoot's been a busy beastie recently, especially in Canada. In April 2005, a Manitoba ferry operator videotaped a large...
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Science Sheds Light on Giant Squid
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 30.1, January / February 2006
News & Comment
Since men took to sea, stories of fearsome leviathans have haunted those brave enough to venture beyond dry land.
Ogopogo the Chameleon
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 30.1, January / February 2006
Article
Lake Okanagan's lake monster has undergone many transformations over the centuries. Will the real Ogopogo please rise up?
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Bigfoot in Life and Legend
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 29.6, November / December 2005
Book Review
Review of Bigfoot Exposed: An Anthropologist Examines America's Enduring Legend. By David J. Daegling.
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New-Agey Feldenkrais
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 29.6, November / December 2005
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My sister-in-law is a Feldenkrais practitioner. She always wants to give us treatments. What is this?
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Teen in Aruba, Others Still Missing Despite Psychics
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 29.6, November / December 2005
News & Comment
Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway disappeared in the early hours of May 30, 2005, while on vacation in the Dutch Caribbean...
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Center for Inquiry Granted Representation at the United Nations
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 29.6, November / December 2005
News & Comment
CFI, which is the parent organization of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal,,,
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Plane Crash Survival: Miracle or Skill and Science?
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 29.6, November / December 2005
News & Comment
On August 2, 2005, amid heavy rain and lightning, Air France Flight 358 from Paris, France, to Toronto, Canada, crashed.
Halloween Scare Feeds False Fears
October 25, 2005
While children dress up as scary creatures and trick-or-treat, parents, police, and medical centers follow another ritual.
Science Looks for Bigfoot
September 3, 2005
In April (2005) a Manitoba ferry operator videotaped a large, dark, indistinct creature moving along a riverbank.
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Questioning the Obesity Myth
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 29.5, September / October 2005
Book Review
Review of The Obesity Myth: Why America's Obsession with Weight Is Hazardous to Your Health. By Paul Campos.
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Isaac Newton, Astrologer?
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 29.5, September / October 2005
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Are astrologers correct in saying that Isaac Newton believed in, and practiced, astrology?
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Deadly Rituals: Nun Dies During Convent Exorcism
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 29.5, September / October 2005
News & Comment
An exorcism at a convent in me small Romanian town of Tanacu resulted in the death of Maricica Irina Cornici...
New Exorcism Film Highlights Deadly Rituals
September 1, 2005
The Exorcism of Emily Rose is about a priest accused of negligence resulting in the death of a nineteen-year-old woman.
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Seeking a Sixth Sense
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 29.4, July / August 2005
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Following the December 26, 2004, Asian tsunami, many media reports said that animals and aboriginal tribesmen somehow sensed...
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‘World’s Most Documented Psychic’ Fails to Find Abducted Granddaughter
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 29.4, July / August 2005
News & Comment
On the afternoon of April 12, 2005, six-week-old Graciana Heughan was abducted from a Children's Aid Society office in Toronto.
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Our Lady of the Underpass
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 29.4, July / August 2005
News & Comment
Thousands of Roman Catholics have made an impromptu shrine of another unlikely spot, this time a Chicago underpass...
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Police, Psychics Search for ‘Abducted’ Runaway Bride
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 29.4, July / August 2005
News & Comment
Jennifer Wilbanks, 32, vanished from her Duluth, Georgia, home on April 26, 2005. The long-distance runner, who was to be...
Psychic Predictions (and Rationalizations) Fail Again
Skeptical Briefs Volume 15.2, June 2005
One frustrating things about dealing with alleged psychics is the lack of opportunity to pin them down to explain their failures
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Ringing False Alarms: Skepticism and Media Scares
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
Article
The American public gets from its news media a steady stream of "wake up calls" to panic over— daily or weekly alerts of...
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Psychic Detectives Fail in the Real World but Succeed on TV
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
News & Comment
Charles Capel was last seen alive May 20, 2004, the night before he wandered away from his home in Oxford Township in Ohio.
Reel or Real? The Truth Behind Two Hollywood Ghost Stories
Skeptical Briefs Volume 15.1, March 2005
Radford and Gaeddert examine the truth behind two Hollywood ghost stories, The Amityville Horror and White Noise.
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Psychics (Don’t) Explain Missing September 11
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 29.1, January / February 2005
News & Comment
While going though files on psychics a few months ago, I came across a newspaper article listing annual psychic predictions...
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Critics Ravage ‘Hoax’ New Age
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 29.1, January / February 2005
News & Comment
An independent film directed and produced by followers of the New Age channeller/guru J.Z. Knight...
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Senate Intelligence Committee Highlights Need for Skeptical Inquiry
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 28.6, November / December 2004
News & Comment
On July 9, 2004, a bipartisan Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released the findings of its inquiry into America's...
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Fortuneteller Allowed at Fair Despite Law
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 28.6, November / December 2004
News & Comment
Loretta Adams, a self-described "psychic consultant," requested a permit to open a booth at the 2004 Kane County Fair...
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Prayers, Psychics Fail to Find Missing Women
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 28.6, November / December 2004
News & Comment
Prayers and psychics have failed to recover a Brigham Young University student who has been missing since May 24, 2004.
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New Details Emerge About Psychic’s Airline Bomb Threat Tip
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 28.6, November / December 2004
News & Comment
As reported in the July/August issue of Skeptical Inquirer, a self-described psychic suggested that...
