Skeptical Inquirer — Volume 31.5
September / October 2007
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AIDS Denialism and Science
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
From the Editor
We who try to defend good science and expose sham science are ofen asked what harm it does to believe in...
AIDS Denialism vs. Science
by Nicoli Nattrass
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
Article
AIDS denialists believe that HIV does not cause AIDS and that antiretrovirals should not be used for HIV prevention or treatment
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Andrew Franknoi Honored for Excellence in Astronomy Teaching
by The Editors
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
News & Comment
Andrew Franknoi, an astronomy instructor at Foothill College in Lost Altos Hills, California, and a CSI Fellow...
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Betty Hill’s Last Hurrah
by Robert Sheaffer
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
Psychic Vibrations
A Secret UFO Symposium in New Hampshire
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Carroll, Forrest, Kroto Elected CSI Fellows; Mooney, Nisbet Named Consultants
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
News & Comment
Three noted scholars have been elected Fellows of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in recognition of their distinguished...
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CFI Calls for Protecting Science and Research Findings from Political Interference
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
News & Comment
CFI has called for legislation to protect scientific research and the dissemination of findings of scientific research.
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CSI’s Robert P. Balles Award Goes to Guardian ‘Bad Science’ Columnist Ben Goldacre
by The Editors
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
News & Comment
CSI has awarded its second Robert P. Balles Annual Prize in Critical Thinking to Ben Goldacre for his weekly column...
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Evolution in the Limelight
by Austin Dacey and Derek Araujo
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
News & Comment
In a crowded room on West 45th Street in Manhattan, a young high-school teacher is hauled before a judge to face criminal...
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Fix Your Ruptured Disk without Surgery?
by Harriet Hall
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
Article
The Truth behind the Ads
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Gallup Polls Show Split on Evolution (Dis)Belief by Politics, Religion
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
News & Comment
Not that we needed more evidence of Americans' disbelief in evolution, but the results of several Gallup Poll questions...
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Global Warming: Critical Reaction, Support, and Author Response
by The Editors
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
Follow-up
Responses to the May/June 2007 Skeptical Inquirer on the topic of Global Warming
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How to Survive the Apocalypse
by Stephen T. Asma
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
Article
With the Rapture and Armageddon soon coming, you haven't much time to prepare. Here's a survival guide for those whose...
Is This Article on Conspiracies Part of a Conspiracy?
by Chris Volkay
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
Article
Elvis is alive, Paul McCartney is dead, and the government that couldn't prevent the 9/11 attacks continues masterminding...
‘John of God’: Healings by Entities?
by Joe Nickell
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
Investigative Files
A Brazilian faith healer claims spirits take control of his body to enable him to perform surgeries without anesthesia.
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Letters to the Editor
by The Editors
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to our May/June 2007 article on global warming
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The Loch Ness Critter
by Joe Nickell
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
Special Report
Gordon Holmes caught on camera a "jet black thing, about forty-five feet long, moving fast in the water."
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The Man Who Fooled Edison ... but Not Houdini
by Massimo Polidoro
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
Notes on a Strange World
In one of the earliest letters exchanged between magician Harry Houdini and Sherlock Homes Creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...
A Model UFO Debunking
by Robert Sheaffer
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
Book Review
While such a book is not likely to make any best-seller list, it's a valuable contribution to our understanding of UFO mania
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A Model UFO Debunking
by Robert Sheaffer
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
Book Review
Review of Ware of the Words: A True but Strange Story of the Gulf Breeze UFO by Craig R. Myers.
Mythic Creatures, Bigger than Life
by Edward Summer
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
Special Report
Living as we do in a sea of words lit by a backdrop of television and the Internet's endless flow of two-dimensional images...
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New Books
by The Editors
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
Abstracts of recent books of interest to skeptics
The (Non)Mysterious Orbs
by Ben Radford
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
Skeptical Inquiree
People keep showing me pictures that have "orbs" in them. They usually look like round spots of light.
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One Small Victory in Canada in Support of Evolution
by Bruce Pendergast
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
News & Comment
There was a small Canadian victory for evolution and against intelligent design recently when Bruce Pendertgast...
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Quack Attacker Returns after Legal Threat
by Mark Neunder
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
News & Comment
The quackbusting blog of David Colquhoun, a renowned British professor of pharmacology, was removed on May 30, 2007, from his...
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Quoteworthy
by The Editors
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
News & Comment
Recent quotations collected by CSI
Santa Fe ‘Courthouse Ghost’ Mystery Solved
by Ben Radford
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
Special Report
A mysterious white blob was captured on videotape June 15, 2007, by a security camera at a courthouse in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Skeptical Community Laments Loss of Barry Beyerstein, Psychologist, CSI Council Member
by Amanda Chesworth and Barry Karr
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
News & Comment
Barry Lane Beyerstein, a professor of psychology at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia and a longtime member of...
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Storm World
by Chris Mooney
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
Article
Hurricanes, Warming, and Scientific Uncertainty
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This is the Forum Column That Goes Like This
by Ralph Estling
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
Forum
"Cogito ergo sum" has always bothered me as an explanation for one's existence. The best that Cartesian logic can come up...
The Trouble with Memetics
by Massimo Pigliucci
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
Thinking About Science
A meme, according to the by-now-standard dictionary definition, is "an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be...
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A Welcome Compilation of Classic Critiques
by Angelo Stagnaro
Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
Book Review
Review of Paranormal Claims: A Critical Analysis. Edited by Bryan Farha.
