Skeptical Inquirer — Volume 29.2
March / April 2005
‘Stupid Dino Tricks’: A Reply to Hovind’s Web Response
by Greg Martinez
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
Follow-up
Response to Ken Hovind's criticism of the author's article in Sketpical Inquirer
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Bin Laden Dead, Powell President? Psychics’ Predictions for 2004 Missed Big Time
by The Editors
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
News & Comment
Osama bin Laden died of kidney disease. Saddam Hussein was shot to death. Fidel Castro died.
The Bizarre Columbia University ‘Miracle’ Saga Continues
by Bruce Flamm
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
Follow-up
Follow up to the author's investigative article on the Columbia University study
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Blundered Predictions in 2004: A Sylvia Browne Review
by Bryan Farha
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
News & Comment
Sylvia Browne is one of the best-known alleged psychics in the world and has been popularized mostly by talk-show hosts...
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Comforting Thoughts about Death That Have Nothing to Do with God
by Greta Christina
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
Forum
If you don't believe in God or an afterlife; or if you believe that the existence of God or an afterlife are fundamentally...
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Comforting Thoughts about Death That Have Nothing to Do with God
by Greta Christina
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
Forum
If you don't believe in God or an afterlife; or if you believe that the existence of God or an afterlife are fundamentally...
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Defense of an Old Earth a Peculiar Blend of Christianity and Science
by Timothy H. Heaton
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
Book Review
Review of A Matter of Days: Resolving a Creation Controversy. By Hugh Ross.
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Do Extraordinary Claims Really Require Extraordinary Evidence?
by Massimo Pigliucci
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
Thinking About Science
Carl Sagan had a rare gift for making clear rather abstruse ideas.
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Evolution and Evidence
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
From the Editor
Evolution is exceptionally successful as the scientific explanation of observed changes over time in the living world...
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The Glaring Garret Ghost
by Mark Durm
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
Article
Since 1878, the horror-stricken face of Henry Wells has supposedly glared from the garret window of the Pickens County...
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Holy Grilled Cheese?
by Joe Nickell
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
News & Comment
A Hollywood, Florida, couple received $28,000 when they auctioned a reputedly ten-year-old grilled cheese sandwich bearing...
Hyperbole in Media Reports on Asteroids and Impacts
by David Morrison
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
Article
Media reporting on asteroid impact-related science frequently exaggerate the uniqueness and significance of new research.
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Intuition: The Case of the Unknown Daughter
by Joe Nickell
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
Investigative Files
In the fall of 2003, my life was transformed by the news that I was the father of a beautiful, thirty-six-year-old daughter.
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Letters to the Editor
by The Editors
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
Letters to the Editor
Responses to the November / December 2004 Skeptical Inquirer, Bacteria and Ulcers...
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Moonshine: Why the Peppered Moth Remains an Icon of Evolution
by Matt Young and Ian Musgrave
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
Article
The peppered moth evolved a dark form in response to soot covering its habitat during the industrial revolution. Or did it?
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New Government Peer Review Leaves Cold Fusion Still Out in the Cold
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
News & Comment
A new government peer review of scientific claims for cold fusion has left the matter pretty much where it was fifteen years...
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NMSR’s Best and Worst of 2004 Awards
by Dave Thomas
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
News & Comment
It's time once again for the New Mexicans for Science and Reason's Annual Awards.
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PBS Premiers NOVA ScienceNow
by The Editors
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
News & Comment
The Public Broadcasting System has begun a new science-magazine program that's spun off from the network's popular series, NOVA.
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Psychic Detectives Fail in the Real World but Succeed on TV
by Ben Radford
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
News & Comment
Charles Capel was last seen alive May 20, 2004, the night before he wandered away from his home in Oxford Township in Ohio.
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Ringing False Alarms: Skepticism and Media Scares
by Ben Radford
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
Article
The American public gets from its news media a steady stream of "wake up calls" to panic over— daily or weekly alerts of...
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Scientists and the Election
by Ralph Estling
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
Forum
Science never is, was never meant to be, a democracy. Majority consensus cannot determine whether Earth revolves around the...
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A Voice of Reason in the Midst of the European Witch Hunts
by James M. Wood
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
Book Review
Review of Cautio Criminalis, or a Book on Witch Trials. By Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld.
Was a Quack Doctor Jack the Ripper?
by Massimo Polidoro
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
Notes on a Strange World
In the search for the identity of Jack the Ripper, a recent discovery has attracted the attention of Ripperologists worldwide.
One Longsome Argument
by Dennis R. Trumble
Volume 29.2, March / April 2005
Article
By any objective measure, the evolution of species ranks among the most successful scientific theories ever.g
