Skeptical Briefs
The Skeptical Briefs newsletter is only available to Associate Members of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. It is published four times per year (in March, June, September, and December), and includes articles; news from skeptical groups across the country and around the world; and regular columnists Joe Nickell ("Investigative Files"), Lewis Jones ("Inklings"), Victor Stenger ("Reality Check"), Henry Huber ("Group News"); and Benjamin Radford ("Briefs Briefs"). It also includes a Hidden Messages puzzle in each issue by New Mexico physicist and skeptic David E. Thomas.
The Bermuda Triangle and the ‘Hutchinson Effect’
by Joe Nickell
Volume 17.3, September 2007
Investigative Files
Calling it "the world's greatest mystery," Gian J. Quasar revisits the enigma of the Bermuda Triangle.
The Memorial Day Bigfoot Video: A Closer Look
by Daniel Perez
Volume 17.3, September 2007
Bigfoot, or at least his image on videotape, is again at the center of a great controversy.
The Mindless Quantum
by Victor Stenger
Volume 17.3, September 2007
Reality Check
Two recent films tell us that we can change our lives, heal our ills, and become rich and famous just by thinking we can do so.
The First Thing We Do, Let’s Get Rid of All the Astrologers
by Paul DesOrmeaux
Volume 17.2, June 2007
As Oscar Wilde wisely observed: "The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing."
Lake Monster Lookalikes
by Joe Nickell
Volume 17.2, June 2007
Investigative Files
As a cryptozoologist--albeit a skeptical one--I have long been on the track of fabled creatures...
God and Rev. Bayes
by Victor Stenger
Volume 17.2, June 2007
Reality Check
Bayes' theorem provides a means for calculating the probability of a statement being true based on the available evidence.
Mr. Sludge, the Medium
by Lewis Jones
Volume 17.1, March 2007
Inklings
"[O]ne may well ask whether in ancient or modern times any preternatural event has been more clearly proved."
Who Were the Ancient Engineers of Egypt?
by James Trefil
Volume 17.1, March 2007
Ancient astronauts: The term has a ring to it.
Close Encounters with Alien Abductions
by David Ludden
Volume 17.1, March 2007
Book Review
Review of Abducted: How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens.
A Day at the Paranormal Fair
by Joanne Agate
Volume 16.4, December 2006
Earlier this year, in Bilzen, Belgium, a friend asked me if I'd like to accompany her to what is called a paranormal fair.