Skeptical Inquirer Archives
Volume 31.1
January / February 2007
Bigfoot, Pluto and ?
Carl Sagan’s Life and Legacy as Scientist, Teacher, and Skeptic
The Devious Art of Improvising, Lesson Two
Energy Department Will End Most Polygraph Testing
Evolutionary Epistemology, Anyone
The Flashlight of the Gods
It’s CSI Now, Not CSICOP
Letters to the Editor
Mass Hysteria at Starpoint High
Men of the Cosmos
Michigan Supports Evolution, Rejects ID for Science Classes
Moscow Roundtable Discusses False Science in Russia
Mysterious Entities of the Pacific Northwest, Part I
New Directions for Skeptical Inquiry
New Report Casts Doubt on Gulf War Syndrome
Pep Talk: How to Get Rid of the Energy You Don’t Need
Pluto/Planet Roundtable Now Online
Smart Scientists on Intelligent Thought (If Not Design)
Soul Scales
Strange Visions: Haloes, Dust Storms, and Blood on the Walls
The Art of Persuasion in Politics (and Science)
UCS Releases Science Idol Calendar
The ‘Vise Stragegy’ Undone: Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District
World Trade Center Illness: Manufactured Mass Hysteria
Volume 30.6
November / December 2006
Art, Science, and Creativity
Center for Inquiry Launches Public Policy Office in Washington
Creationist Hovind’s Legal Woes Continue
Creativity versus Skepticism within Science
Critical Chiropractor, Inept Publisher
Death of a Demonologist
Design, Doubts, and Darwin
The Devious Art of Improvising, Lesson One
The Enigma We Answer by Living
Florida Medicaid to Cover Acupuncture
From Of Sum
The Humanities and Human Nature
Latin American Conference Launches Federation of Centers
Leakey Fights Church Campaign to Downgrade Kenya Museum’s Human Fossils
Leakey Fights Church Campaign to Downgrade Kenya Museum’s Human Fossils
Letters to the Editor
A Little Mumba
Nature Is Nowhere Rectangular: Galileo’s Starry Messenger Meets Matisse’s Le Guignon
The Neuro-philosophy of Regred
The Privacy Threat, Revelations, and Relevancy
A Rare Contribution to the Rant Literature in the Sciences
Recent Deaths
Science + Art: Special Issue Introduction
Scientology Losing Ground to New Fictionology
Shame on Shamus Sham
Siege of ‘Little Green Men’: The 1955 Kelly, Kentucky, Incident
Sound: Not as Simple as It Sounds. An Interview with Joshua Fineberg.
Spirited Defense: William James and the Ghost Hunters
String Theory
Tsunami
View Masters
Why We Read Fiction
Volume 30.5
September / October 2006
Alleged Psychic Convicted of Murder
Author, Professor Vern Bullough Dies
Behind the Mask
The Bloodless Fish of Bouvet Island: DNA and Evolution in Action
British Defense Study Debunks UFO Sightings
Can Jim Berkland Predict Earthquakes?
Carla Baron, Psychic Detective? Not Quite
The Fabricated Cosmonaut and the Nonexistent Prophecy
Go, Go, Ghost Gadgets
H.P. Lovecraft and ‘Extraterrestrial Genesis’
Letters to the Editor
Name Dropping: Want to Be a Star?
The Neural Substrates of Moral, Religious, and Paranormal Beliefs
New Psychic Detective (Un)Reality Series: Haunting Evidence
One More Take on Reductionism vs. Holism
Parade’s Rosenfeld Reprises Dubious Acupuncture Claim
Plunging into the Depths of a Mystery
Science Ain’t an Exact Science: Public Perception of Science in the Wake of the Stem-cell Fraud
Should the NHS Provide Complementary Therapy?
Skeptic’s Lawsuit Stalls ‘Psychic’ Renier’s Book
Summing Up Thirty Years of the Skeptical Inquirer
Tell It Like It Was
Time Flies LIke an Arrow, but Fruit Flies like Bilked Bananas
Update: Charges against Ontario ‘Healer’ Dropped
The Vigorous Science of Evolution
Why What We Know Isn’t Necessarily So
Volume 30.4
July / August 2006
Alien Autopsy Hoax Revealed—Again
‘Alien Rains’ of Kerala Not So Alien after All
The Big Sleep or Just a Nap?
Body of Evidence
Center for Inquiry Opens in India
Dinosaur Adventure Land Slated for Demolition
Evolution’s Radical Future?
Explanatory Frameworks and Investigative Exposés
Florida Psychic Jailed for Fraud
Governor Snubs Kentucky Academy of Science About Intelligent Design
Houdini’s Impossible Demonstration
The Internet: A Shining Beacon of Truth
In Defense of the Higher Values
Letters to the Editor
A Lively Guide to Resisting Bogus Reasoning
Magnet Therapy: A Billion-dollar Boondoggle
One Big STEP: Another Major Study Confirms That Distant Prayers Do Not Heal the Sick
The Philosophy behind Pseudoscience
The Philosophy behind Pseudoscience
Please Pass the Globster
Saving a Disenchanted World with Astrology?
Science Is for Sale (And It’s Not Only for the Money)
A Sweedish Professorship in Parapsychology
When Philosophy Matters
Why Great Thinkers Sometimes Fail to Think Critically
Why Quantum Mechanics Is Not So Weird after All
The Wrong Stuff: Men’s Magazine’s Psychic Columnist
Volume 30.3
May / June 2006
AAAS: Deeply Concerned about Legislation and Policies That Would Undermine the Teaching of Evolution
AAAS Events, Statement Expound Evolution, Decry ID
Are We Alone? A Searching Look at SETI
Astrobiology Is the New Modern Framework Encompassing SETI . . . and So Much Else
Circles of Light
CSICOP Announces Winners of the First Robert P. Balles Prize
‘Curing’ ADHD
Darwin’s Birthday, Hollywood Style
The Ill Effects of the Self-help Movement
Hubble Wouldn’t Be Hubble without Her
Intelligent Design and the Workings of Science
Irving Rothchild Dead at 92
Is Physics Turning into Philosophy?
James Randi’s Amazing Meeting in Las Vegas
Letters to the Editor
Mysteries of the Coral Castle
Neil deGrasse Tyson to Host NOVA ScienceNOW
The New Approach to SETI Is from the Bottom Up, Rather Than the Top Down
The ‘New’ Idolatry
The PEAR Proposition: Fact or Fallacy?
Public Health’s Credibility Crisis
The Real Sword in the Stone
SETI Requires a Skeptical Reappraisal
Studies on Soy and Arthritis-relief Supplaments Give Negative Results
Teaching Pigs to Sing: An Experiment in Bringing Critical Thinking to the Masses
U.S. ‘Out on a Limb by Ourselves’ in Evolution Rejection, Jon Miller Tells AAAS
The Virtues of Skepticism
Why Scientists Shouldn’t Be Surprised by the Popularity of Intelligent Design
Volume 30.2
March / April 2006
Abducted: How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens
Alien Abduction Analysis
Art Bell’s Show Broadcasts Sylvia Browne Failure about Mine Tragedy
A Constructive Look at Destructive Mental Health Trends
The Big Bird, the Big Lie, God, and Science
Carla Baron Psychic Detective Update
Commentary on John P.A. Ionnidis’s ‘Why Most Published Research Findings are False’
Court Decision in Dover Case a Victory for Good Science
Critical Thinking: What Is It Good for? (In Fact, What Is It?)
Evolution Science’s Top Story of the Year
Hoaxers, Hackers, and Policymakers
In Landmark Dover Decision, Judge Rules ID Is Not Science, Teaching It Is Unconstitutional
Is Evolutionary Psychology a Pseudoscience?
It’s a Natural Selection: Evolution Amber Ale
Kansas Professor Relieved of His Chair Over Comments Critical of Intelligent Design
Letters to the Editor
Loon Season in Canada
Ludmil A. Chotkowski, M.D., 1916-2005, Challenged Chiropractic
The Memory Wars: Parts 2 and 3
‘Natural’ Childbirth
New Center for Inquiry Research Building Completed
A Portrait of Darwin for Kids
The Power of Not Thinking Is Not Very Great
The Rampant Politicization of Science
Rare Woodpecker, presumed Extinct, Found in Arkansas
Skepchicks Raise Profile of Female Skeptics
‘We Find That ID Is Not Science’: Excerpts from the Dover Federal Court Ruling on Intelligent Design
The Wrong Question
