Skeptical Inquirer — Volume 33.3
May / June 2009
Autism-Vaccine Link Researcher Andrew Wakefield Accused of Faking His Data
by Steven Novella
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
News & Comment
Andrew Wakefield, the researcher who in 1998 sparked the public controversy over whether the MMR vaccine is linked to autism...
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Cardiff’s Giant Hoax
by Joe Nickell
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
Book Review
Review of A Colossal Hoax: The Giant from Cardiff that Fooled America by Scott Tribble
CFI/Los Angeles Celebrates Darwin’s 200th Birthday with Readings, Plays, Lecture
by Jim Underdown and Bob Ladendorf
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
News & Comment
More than 300 Southern Californians celebrated the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin at CFI Los Angeles...
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Flat Earth: The History of an Infamous Idea
by Robert Ashton
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
Book Review
Review of the book by Christine Garwood
Demons in Connecticut
by Joe Nickell
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
Investigative Files
Take a house reeking of death, bring in a "demonologist," commission a professional writer to enhance the alleged events...
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Eusapie Palladino, the Queen of the Cabinet, Part 1
by Massimo Polidoro
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
Notes on a Strange World
...it was essential that the investigators were knowledgeable of the methods of trickery. But were they really?
Ghosts, Doughnuts, and A Christmas Carol: Investigating New Mexico’s ‘Haunted’ KiMo Theater
by Ben Radford
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
Article
A careful investigation into one of the most famous haunted theaters in the Southwest.
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The Great Global Cooling Myth
by John Fleck
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
Commentary
Like all good misinformation that travels well and lasts long, we found a kernel of truth. But we also found the deep...
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Hard and Soft Science: Physics vs. Psychology
by Massimo Pigliucci
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
Thinking About Science
It turns out that the replicability of findings in psychology is no worse than that of findings in particle physics.
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It’s What We Do
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
From the Editor
"Why did you write about [fill in the blank]?" That is a recurring question we get at the Skeptical Inquirer.
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Letters to the Editor
by The Editors
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
Letters to the Editor
Responses to Volume 33.1, The New UFO Interest
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Life and Planet
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
Article
Evolution, Climate Change. Two Grand Themes of AAAS Science Fest.
A Modern Witch Craze in Papua New Guinea
by Karen Stollznow
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
News & Comment
Newspapers internationally reported a recent spate of witchcraft-related murders in rural Papua New Guinea.
More Studies Reject Vaccine-Autism Link
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
News & Comment
As if more scientific support was needed, a new review of the evidence has again shown no link between vaccines and autism.
Playing by the Rules
by Harriet Hall
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
Article
It is useless for skeptics to argue with someone who doesn’t play by the rules of science and reason.
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The Pseudoscience of Personalysis
by Ben Radford
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
Skeptical Inquiree
"Look, that green rectangle represents my motivation to control things!"
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Putting Your Money Where Your MInd Is
by Joseph Keierleber
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
Book Review
Review of The Mind of the Market by Michael Shermer
Remembering Henry Gordon, Magician, Skeptic, Debunker
by Justin Trottier
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
News & Comment
Kemo Kimo Merinickel Pumpernickel. Henry Gordon invented this phrase to use as an incantation in his magic...
Report Knocks Baylor Claim about American Religiosity
by The Editors
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
News & Comment
The Council for Secular Humanism made some headlines in February with a report released to the national media...
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Repower America? Science Commmunication and the Obama Presidency
by Matt Nisbet
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
Policy Forum
It is time to turn the page on the "war on science," "inconvenient truths," and "denier" rhetoric that were battle cries...
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The Roots of Skepticism
by Christopher diCarlo
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
Article
Some of the central ideas of ancient skepticism have historical significance and still influence...
Science and Pseudoscience in Adult Nutrition Research and Practice
by Reynold Spector
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
News & Comment
Human nutrition research and practice is plagued by pseudoscience and unsupported opinions.
Scientists Hail Gallo’s ‘Unsung’ Role in Nobel HIV/AIDS Discovery
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
News & Comment
When the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to two French virologists for discovering and identifying the HIV virus...
Selective Memory at Work When Patients ‘Predict’ Own Death
by Terence M. Hines
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
News & Comment
Can patients predict their own deaths using some fancy type of "insight" that is more accurate than the expertise of physicians?
Spanish Skeptics Magazine Pensar Suspends Publication
by The Editors
Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
News & Comment
Pensar, the Spanish-language skeptics magazine launched in 2004, has suspended publication as of 2009.
