Skeptical Inquirer — Editor's Note
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Who Really Wants Reliable Scientific Information?
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 35.5, September/October 2011
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Examining 9/11 Conspiracy Theories
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 35.4, July/August 2011
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Pop Culture and Questionable Cases
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 35.3, May/June 2011
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Why the Bem Experiments Are Not Parapsychology’s Next Big Thing
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 35.2, March/April 2011
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The world of news and blogs began buzzing in mid-November. A prominent psychologist, Daryl Bem of Cornell University, had posted a paper on his website...
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The Scourge of Cancer
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 34.1, January / February 2010
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I doubt there are many families not affected in some way by the subject of our cover article—cancer.
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Introducing Skepticism 2.0
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 33.6, November / December 2009
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There's nothing new about skepticism. People who think critically and analytically have been around since ancient times.
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Cell Phones, Power Lines, Video Games…and Much Else
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 33.5, September / October 2009
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This issue demonstrates not only the variety of topics we tackle in the Skeptical Inquirer, but also...
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Big Scientific Controversy over Little Hobbit People of Flores
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 33.4, July / August 2009
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Five years ago a stunning discovery on the Indonesian island of Flores rocked the field of paleoanthropology...
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It’s What We Do
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
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"Why did you write about [fill in the blank]?" That is a recurring question we get at the Skeptical Inquirer.
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Darwin
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 33.2, March / April 2009
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You are going to be hearing a lot about Charles Darwin this year. Deservedly so. February 12 was his 200th birthday...
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UFOs: Fact and Fiction—A Special Issue
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
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UFOs fascinate the public and both amuse and frustrate science-minded skeptics. Oh, you thought UFOs were passé...
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Keeping Ahead of the News
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 32.6, November / December 2008
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We have plenty of riches for you in this issue: five articles, four commentaries, three book reviews, two Forum columns...
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A Trio of Questionable Medical Treatments
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 32.5, September / October 2008
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The three articles under the theme "Questionable Medical Treatments" in this issue delve into problems with modern medicine...
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Clarke, Cognition, and the Presidential Campaign
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 32.4, July / August 2008
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This issue's tributes to Arthur C. Clarke stand as soaring testaments to that seminal figure of the twentieth century.
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Dangers of Animal Rights Extremists
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 32.3, May / June 2008
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We haven't before dealt in our pages with the dangers of the extreme animal rights movement...
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The Force of Change in China
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 32.2, March / April 2008
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Our founder Paul Kurtz and I present two reports on China in this issue. They arise out of a stimulating world congress...
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A Painful Legal Case is Resolved in Favor of Open Inquiry
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 32.1, January / February 2008
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I hope everyone will read Carol Tavris's report in this issue on the resolution of a legal case that threatened...
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Protecting Our Valuable Vaccine Programs
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 31.6, November / December 2007
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Benjamin Franklin championed vaccinations in the early years of our nation. In the past half-century or so, widespread...
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AIDS Denialism and Science
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
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We who try to defend good science and expose sham science are ofen asked what harm it does to believe in...
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Hope for the Future, and Early Reaction on Global Warming
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 31.4, July / August 2007
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I just got back from talking with some of the world's brightest high-school students. It's enough to restore faith in...
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A Warming Climate for Climate Warming
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 31.3, May / June 2007
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Our report in this issue, "Global Climate Change Triggered by Global Warming" was in production when the IPCC released...
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Science, God, and (Non)Belief
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 31.2, March / April 2007
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The intersection of science and religion has grasped and stimulated the minds and emotions of great thinkers for centuries...
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Men of the Cosmos
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
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It seems entirely fitting that our cover article in appreciation of Carl Sagan is written by David Morrison.
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Art, Science, and Creativity
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 30.6, November / December 2006
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Art stimulated my early interest in science. Chesley Bonestell's stunning paintings envisioning Earth from orbit...
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The Vigorous Science of Evolution
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 30.5, September / October 2006
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I received a letter the other day that got me thinking...
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Explanatory Frameworks and Investigative Exposés
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 30.4, July / August 2006
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For every issue of SI we try to provide a nourishing variety of material. First, there's the variety of types of material...
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Are We Alone? A Searching Look at SETI
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 30.3, May / June 2006
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Are we alone in the Universe? The question reverberates across the centuries. But the generations alive today are the first...
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Court Decision in Dover Case a Victory for Good Science
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 30.2, March / April 2006
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The court decision in the Dover Intelligent Design case is cause for jubilation. For all of us who care deeply about science...
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Memory Wars and Monster Stories
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 30.1, January / February 2006
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Cases involving dubious claims of recovered memories of supposed past abuses brought out in therapy--often under hypnosis or...
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Evolution and the ID Wars
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 29.6, November / December 2005
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We devote the core of this issue to Evolution and the ID Wars. The "Intelligent Design" movement is the most pernicious...
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Obesity Epidemic? Elixirs of Life? Where’s the Truth?
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 29.5, September / October 2005
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Are we in the midst of an obesity epidemic? And if so, what does that mean for our health, really?
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Time for Science to Go on the Offense
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 29.4, July / August 2005
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We have seen another turbulent several months in science's latest battles with the evolution-deniers.
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Science, Seeing, and Cosmological Worldviews
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 29.3, May / June 2005
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Ray Hyman's cover article describes tests he, Wiseman, and Skolnick carried out on the so-called Russian "girl with X-ray eyes."
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Evolution and Evidence
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
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Evolution is exceptionally successful as the scientific explanation of observed changes over time in the living world...
Critical Inquiry, and Thinking About Galileo
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 29.1, January / February 2005
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Kendrick Frazier's comments
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The Path to Discovery and the Impact on Culture
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 28.6, November / December 2004
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It wasn't an earth-shaking discovery. It didn't fundamentally revamp our cultural and cosmological worldview.
Science Always Trumps Pseudoscience - and a Still Broader Mission for SI
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 28.1, January / February 2004
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A few notes from the recent CSICOP conference
A Special Issue on Science and Religion
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 23.4, July / August 1999
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Something for Everyone at World Skeptics Congress
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 20.5, September / October 1996
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It began with a stirring live symphonic performance of Gustav Holst's The Planets...