Skeptical Inquirer — Volume 31.1
January / February 2007
Carl Sagan’s Life and Legacy as Scientist, Teacher, and Skeptic
by David Morrison
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
Article
In remembrance of Carl Sagan, a noted planetary scientist and colleague recalls Sagan's contributions to planetary research.
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Bigfoot, Pluto and ?
by Chris Volkay
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
Forum
If we could eliminate religious insanity, what person would fly a plane into a building, or blow himself up in a pizza parlor?
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The Devious Art of Improvising, Lesson Two
by Massimo Polidoro
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
Notes on a Strange World
Both Henning and Wilson were staring, quite curious to see how Randi would escape from such an impossible situation.
Do They Have Your Numb3r?
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
Article
CBS's popular Friday night drama uses mathematics, reason, and rationality to help the FBI solve major crime mysteries.
‘Dr.’ Bearden’s Vacuum Energy
by Martin Gardner
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
Notes of a Fringe-Watcher
One of the strangest books ever written about modern physics was published in 2002, and reprinted two years later.
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Energy Department Will End Most Polygraph Testing
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
News & Comment
After years of controversy, ranging from complaints from national labs' scientists to a critical National Academy of Sciences...
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Evolutionary Epistemology, Anyone
by Massimo Pigliucci
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
Thinking About Science
Wittgenstein wrote that "Darwin's theory has no more to do with philosophy than any other hypothesis in natural science."
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The Flashlight of the Gods
by Robert Sheaffer
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
Psychic Vibrations
Now that the crashed saucers seem to have replaced alien abductions as the "gold standard" of UFOlogical excitement...
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It’s CSI Now, Not CSICOP
by Kendrick Frazier and the Executive Council
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
Editorial
CSICOP's name has been shortened. The Executive Council of CSICOP has formally adopted a shorter name for the organization...
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Letters to the Editor
by The Editors
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
Letters to the Editor
Responses to the September/October 2006 Skeptical Inquirer
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Mass Hysteria at Starpoint High
by Robert E. Bartholomew and Benjamin Radford
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
Article
Though mass hysteria is alive and well in the twenty-first century, it remains an unpopular diagnosis.
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Men of the Cosmos
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
From the Editor
It seems entirely fitting that our cover article in appreciation of Carl Sagan is written by David Morrison.
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Michigan Supports Evolution, Rejects ID for Science Classes
by The Editors
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
News & Comment
Add Michigan to the list of states that have given intelligent design the bum's rush. Michigan's state Board of Education...
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Moscow Roundtable Discusses False Science in Russia
by Valerii Kuvakin
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
News & Comment
Within the framework of the 2006 CFI/Amherst/CFI/Moscow International Summer School, a roundtable discussion was held on...
Mysterious Entities of the Pacific Northwest, Part I
by Joe Nickell
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
Investigative Files
Mankind's imagination has always been excited by the possibilities of unknown regions.
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New Directions for Skeptical Inquiry
by Paul Kurtz
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
Editorial
CSICOP has reached an historic juncture: the recognition that there is a critical need to change our direction.
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New Report Casts Doubt on Gulf War Syndrome
by Ben Radford
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
Special Report
A study recently published by the National Academy of Sciences casts doubt on the reality of Gulf War Syndrome...
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Pep Talk: How to Get Rid of the Energy You Don’t Need
by William H. Baarschers
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
Article
Health-related energy ideas readily move from thermodynamics into pseudoscience, and sometimes right into the paranormal.
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Pluto/Planet Roundtable Now Online
by The Editors
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
News & Comment
If, like many educators, you are not quite sure what to do in your own work about the recent definition of planet...
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Smart Scientists on Intelligent Thought (If Not Design)
by Matt Young
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
Book Review
Review of Intelligent Thought: Science versus the Intelligent Design Movement. Edited by John Brockman.
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Soul Scales
by Ben Radford
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
Skeptical Inquiree
"Have you heard about the claim that a person's sol can be weighed?"
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Strange Visions: Haloes, Dust Storms, and Blood on the Walls
by A. Charles Catania
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
Article
Unusual events within the eye such as the tearing of retinal capillaries or the detachment of intraocular structures may...
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The Art of Persuasion in Politics (and Science)
by Benjamin Wolozin
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
Comment and Opinion
Advocating for science is more important than ever. Funding for many scientific endeavors is being reduced.
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UCS Releases Science Idol Calendar
by David Park Musella
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
News & Comment
The Union of Concerned Scientists, in response to the many ways in which "government science is being censored, manipulated...
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The ‘Vise Stragegy’ Undone: Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District
by Barbara Forrest
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
Article
Here's an inside look at the first legal case testing intelligent design, Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District
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World Trade Center Illness: Manufactured Mass Hysteria
by Michael Fumento
Volume 31.1, January / February 2007
Special Report
Starting in early 2002, firefighters who responded to the WTC on that awful day the previous september began reporting...
