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 Bigfoot Legend Lives
by Michael Dennett
Volume 16.1, March 2006
Within the span of a few years the Bigfoot community has lost its two primary proponents, René Dahinden and Grover Krantz
Sherlock Holmes, Paranormal Investigator
by Joe Nickell
Volume 16.1, March 2006
Investigative Files
Sherlock Holmes was not just the world's "only unofficial consulting detective."
Good or Bad, Round or Spiky?
by Mark Newbrook
Volume 15.4, December 2005
A Russian researcher named Valeri Belianine has been developing a new subfield called "phonosemantics."
Free Energy and Teleportation: Numbers Don’t Lie
by Victor Stenger
Volume 15.4, December 2005
Reality Check
One sure way to unmask pseudoscientific arguments is to check the numbers.
Group News
by Lauren Becker
Volume 15.4, December 2005
Group News
Of School Boards and Science Battles
Healing Waters - Part I: Spas
by Joe Nickell
Volume 15.3, September 2005
Investigative Files
Here we look at ancient baths and later spas; in Part II we discuss legendary "fountains of youth" and reputed healing shrines.
The Privileged Planet
by Victor Stenger
Volume 15.3, September 2005
Reality Check
A few months ago, the Smithsonian Institution agreed to cosponsor a film called The Privileged Planet...
Return from the Dead
by Joe Nickell
Volume 15.2, June 2005
Investigative Files
She had suffered a fever of 104.5 and experienced shortness of breath, whereupon she declared, "Mother, I'm going to die."