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."
Alternative Medicine and the Laws of Physics
by Robert L. Park
Volume 21.5, September / October 1997
Article
Mechanisms proposed to account for the alleged efficacy of alternative treatments involve serious misrepresentations of physics.
Why Bogus Therapies Seem to Work
by Barry L. Beyerstein
Volume 21.5, September / October 1997
Article
At least ten kinds of errors and biases can convince intelligent, honest people that cures have been achieved when they have not
Art Bell, Heaven’s Gate, and Journalistic Integrity
by Thomas G. Genoni Jr.
Volume 21.4, July / August 1997
Special Report
Following the Heaven's Gate suicides, we learned that talk of a UFO trailing Hale-Bopp may have contributed to the suicides.
What Really Happened at Roswell
by Kal K. Korff
Volume 21.4, July / August 1997
Article
The Roswell UFO crash "mystery" has now been solved. No extraterrestrial spacecraft was involved.
Examining the Amazing Free-Energy Claims of Dennis Lee
by Eric Krieg
Volume 21.4, July / August 1997
Article
Hundreds of investors believed Dennis Lee’s claim of a free-energy machine. A closer look is in order.
UFO Mythology: The Escape to Oblivion
by Paul Kurtz
Volume 21.4, July / August 1997
Special Report
Why would thirty-nine seemingly gentle and earnest people in Rancho Santa Fe, California, voluntarily commit collective suicide?
The Carl Sagan Memorial Service
by Warren Allen Smith
Volume 21.4, July / August 1997
News & Comment
An atheist’s memorial service held in a cathedral? Yes, Carl Sagan’s was held February 27 at New York City’s Cathedral...
Moonshine
by James Rotton
Volume 21.3, May / June 1997
Book Review
Review of How the Moon Affects You By Arnold L. Lieber, M.D.
Skepticism and Politics
by Barry Fagin
Volume 21.3, May / June 1997
Article
For skeptics who want to be politically active, some options are more attractive than others.
Council for Media Integrity Blasts Networks for Distorted Treatments of Science
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 21.3, May / June 1997
News & Comment
News items from May / June 1997
