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 paranormal and fringe-science claims 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”). Former Scientific American columnist and polymath Martin Gardner also contributes an occasional column titled “Notes of a Fringe-Watcher.”
Court Vindicates Doctor Who Questioned Fertility Study
by The Editors
Volume 34.1, January / February 2010
Online Extra
A study was published in the Journal of Reproductive Medicine claiming that prayers from the USA, Canada, and Australia...
2012: Not a Complete Disaster
by Ben Radford
Volume 34.1, January / February 2010
Online Extra
One might be excused for wondering what, exactly, German director Roland Emmerich has against the United States...
Edmund (Pseudo) Scientific Sells ‘Ghost Detectors’
by Matt Lowry
Volume 34.1, January / February 2010
Online Extra
Edmund Scientific is actively marketing and selling paranormal woo-woo on their Web site.
Norm Levitt: An Obituary
by Jay M. Pasachoff
Volume 34.1, January / February 2010
News & Comment
Norman Levitt, a major figure in combating pseudoscience and pseudoknowledge, died at the age of 66 on October 24.
State-Sponsored Quackery: Feng Shui and Snake Oil for California Nurses
by Owen Hammer and James Underdown
Volume 33.6, November / December 2009
Feature
The Independent Investigations Group investigates pseudoscience particularly therapeutic touch in professional nursing.
Skepticism 2.0
by D.J. Grothe
Volume 33.6, November / December 2009
Feature
When Carl Sagan, James Randi, Paul Kurtz, Martin Gardner, Ray Hyman, and others came together in the mid-1970s to form CSICOP...
Skeptical Parenting: Raising Young Critical Thinkers
by Heidi Anderson
Volume 33.6, November / December 2009
Feature
There comes a moment in every parent's life when your child asks you the question you most feared hearing from your dear one...
Talking Skepticism to Generation Y
by Justin Trottier
Volume 33.6, November / December 2009
Feature
If anyone ever wonders just what impression a skeptic's words, stories, explanations, and arguments have, there's no better...
Skepticism via YouTube
by Tim Farley
Volume 33.6, November / December 2009
Feature
In the summer of 2008, Georgians Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer claimed to have found a Bigfoot carcass...
A Skeptic’s Guide to Podcasts
by D.J. Grothe
Volume 33.6, November / December 2009
Feature
As most of the readers of the Skeptical Inquirer probably know, podcasts are audio shows...