Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

Hidden Messages and the Bible Code
"Hidden messages" can be found anywhere, provided the seeker is willing and able to harvest the immense field of possibilities. But do they mean anything?
David E. Thomas

Science, Scientism, and Anti-Science in the Age of Preposterism
We are in danger of losing our grip on the concepts of truth, evidence, objectivity, disinterested inquiry. The preposterous environment in which academic work is presently conducted is inhospitable to genuine inquiry, hospitable to the sham and the fake. Encouraging both envy and resentment of the sciences, it has fed an increasingly widespread and articulate irrationalism.
Susan Haack

The Elemental Man
An Interview with Glenn T. Seaborg
He discovered plutonium and co-discovered at least nine other elements. He is considered one of the founding fathers of nuclear medicine. He received the 1951 Nobel Prize for chemistry. This year, element 106 was named after him. SI interviews public man of science Glenn T. Seaborg.

Men in Black and Contact:
Night and Day
We all can use a little taste of wonder. The question is, what's the best way to inspire it? In a time when science is seriously misunderstood, the job isn't easy.
Edward Summer

Investigative Files
Miraculous Rose Petals?
Joe Nickell

Media Watch
Illusions of Authenticity
C. Eugene Emery Jr.

Conference Report
The Battle Between Political Agendas and Science
Gwen A. Burda

Forum
Disturbing Circles
Ralph Estling

News and Comment

• Life Magazine's Star-Struck View of Astrology
• David Hume -- Skeptic Exemplar
• TV's Crashed-Saucer Coverup Continues
• New Roswell Fragment? The Isotopes Don't Have It
• Pseudoscience Hits Toy Stores
• UFO Survey Yields Conflicting Conclusions
• Take It from One Who Was There: No Aliens at Roswell in 1947

New Books

Articles of Note

Letters to the Editor

The Science of Jurassic Park and The Lost World, or How to Build a Dinosaur
by Rob DeSalle and David Lindley
Terence Hines