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.”
Can a Reasonable Skeptic Support Climate Change Legislation?
by Stuart D. Jordan
Volume 33.5, September / October 2009
Commentary
CFI vets list of 687 'dissenting scientists' in Senate minority report; 80% haven't published peer-reviewed climate research.
Bobby Fischer: Genius and Idiot
by Martin Gardner
Volume 33.5, September / October 2009
Notes of a Fringe-Watcher
Is it possible for someone to be extremely intelligent and creative in a certain field and at the same time...
Viral Video Cell-Phone Scare
by Tracy King
Volume 33.5, September / October 2009
Featurette
In June 2009 a new urban legend was born—that the power generated by cell phones can cook popcorn.
Power Line Panic and Mobile Mania
by S.T. Lakshmikumar
Volume 33.5, September / October 2009
Feature
What is the physics that underlies any possible linkage between mobile phones, power lines, and cancer?
‘None of This Is True’: Do Disclaimers about the Paranormal Really Work?
by Richard wiseman, Chris French, and Caroline Watt
Volume 33.5, September / October 2009
Commentary
The last few years have seen substantial growth in the number of television programs claiming to contain paranormal phenomena.
NDE Experiment: Ethical Concerns
by Sebastian Dieguez
Volume 33.5, September / October 2009
Feature
Anecdotal reports of people having paranormal perceptions during near-death experiences are widespread, and it has been...
Pirates’ Ghosts: Aar-r-gh!
by Joe Nickell
Volume 33.5, September / October 2009
Investigative Files
They embody legend: romantic, swashbuckling, heroic figures--enchanting rogues whose ghosts eternally guard their buried...
A Growing Hysteria
by Lorne Trottier
Volume 33.5, September / October 2009
Feature
Angry citizens' groups in hundreds of different communities across the United States protest against the location of new...
Comments on NDE Experiment: Ethical Concerns
by Susan Blackmore
Volume 33.5, September / October 2009
Commentary
"If Parnia does the experiments properly, and his patients really can see those images, then I will change my mind about..."
Comments on NDE Experiment: Ethical Concerns
by Christopher C. French
Volume 33.5, September / October 2009
Commentary
"I think this article raises an interesting issue, but ultimately I find the arguments unconvincing for a number of reasons..."