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."
Implants and Gurus Are Everywhere
by Robert Sheaffer
Volume 21.1, January / February 1997
Psychic Vibrations
When a UFO supposedly crashed on Long Island and was being covered up by the authorities, we brought you the story.
Scientific Consensus and Expert Testimony: Lessons from the Judas Priest Trial
by Timothy E. Moore
Volume 20.6, November / December 1996
Article
Can a subliminal message induce someone to commit suicide? This was the central question at the Judas Priest trial.
Not-So-Spontaneous Human Combustion
by Joe Nickell
Volume 20.6, November / December 1996
Investigative Files
Like Count Dracula, the mythical specter of "spontaneous human combustion" (SHC) refuses to die.
That’s Entertainment! TV’s UFO Coverup
by Philip J. Klass
Volume 20.6, November / December 1996
Article
Network television documentaries about UFOs have willfully ignored evidence that contradicts the pro-aliens theme.
Conspiracy Theories and Paranoia: Notes from a Mind-Control Conference
by Evan Harrington
Volume 20.5, September / October 1996
Article
The debate over "recovered" and "false" memories is one of the most contentious issues in the field of psychology today.
Travels on the Extraterrestrial Highway
by Robert Sheaffer
Volume 20.5, September / October 1996
Psychic Vibrations
Nevada appears to have pulled off another minor miracle, transforming a barren stretch of desert road into a tourist destination
Asteroids Named for CSICOP and Founder Paul Kurtz
by The Editors
Volume 20.5, September / October 1996
News & Comment
Cosmic honors for CSICOP and its founder
CSICOP announces the Council for Media Integrity
by The Editors
Volume 20.5, September / October 1996
News & Comment
The establishment of a new "Council for Media Integrity" was announced at the World Skeptics Congress
Traditional Medicine and Pseudoscience in China: A Report of the Second CSICOP Delegation (Part 2)
by Wallace Sampson and Barry L. Beyerstein
Volume 20.5, September / October 1996
Special Report
Authors describe a symposium on pseudoscience held in Beijing and their interactions with practitioners of Traditional Medicine.
Something for Everyone at World Skeptics Congress
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 20.5, September / October 1996
From the Editor
It began with a stirring live symphonic performance of Gustav Holst's The Planets...
