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 all manner of controversial and extraordinary claims, including but not limited to paranormal and fringe-science matters, 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”). Yale University neurologist Steven Novella, M.D., founder of the New England Skeptical Society and executive editor of the Science-Based Medicine blog, contributes a new "The Science of Medicine" column, and contributing editor Kenneth W. Krause adds a regular science column, "ScienceWatch."
Why Do We Often Fear the Wrong Things?
by Grant Jewell Rich
Volume 24.1, January / February 2000
Book Review
Review of the book by Barry Glassner
The Flawed Guide to Bigfoot
by Ben Radford
Volume 24.1, January / February 2000
Book Review
Review of 'The FIeld Guide to Bigfoot, Yeti, and Other Mysterious Primates Worldwide'
The Ghost in my House: An Exercise in Self-Deception
by Bertram Rothschild
Volume 24.1, January / February 2000
Editorial
Clinical psychologist Bertram Rothschild on the ease of self-deception
Notes of a Fringe-Watcher: The Second Coming of Jesus
by Martin Gardner
Volume 24.1, January / February 2000
Martin Gardner on fringe-watching
The Physics Behind Four Amazing Demonstrations
by David G. Willey
Volume 23.6, November / December 1999
Feature
I have long been a firm believer that to teach anything effectively, you have to first get the audience's attention.
New Analyses Raise Doubts About Replicability of ESP Findings
by Scott O. Lilenfeld
Volume 23.6, November / December 1999
Research Review
The 150-year history of research on (ESP) has been plagued by what might be termed a consistent inconsistency.
The Star of Bethlehem
by Martin Gardner
Volume 23.6, November / December 1999
Notes of a Fringe-Watcher
As Christmas approaches, churches will be celebrating the birth of Jesus, with many references to the Star of Bethlehem.
Readers Forum on Science and Religion
by The Editors
Volume 23.6, November / December 1999
Forum
Readers' responses to recent issues of Skeptical Inquirer
The Universe and Carl Sagan
by Keay Davidson
Volume 23.6, November / December 1999
Feature
Few people ever extolled the wonders of science with more eloquence or were as effective in defending reason and campaigning...
Profits and Prophecy: Hayseed Stevens and Oil in Israel
by Donald U. Wise
Volume 23.5, September / October 1999
Feature
A fundamentalist oil entrepreneur mixes creation science and Biblical prophecy for a program of oil exploration in Israel.