Skeptical Inquirer — Volume 34.3
May / June 2010
When Scientists Actually Change Their Minds
by Mark Boslough
Volume 34.3, May / June 2010
Broecker's esteem among scientists was not diminished when he changed his mind. The Younger Dryas impact proponents would do well to follow his example.
War of the Weasels
by Dave Thomas
Volume 34.3, May / June 2010
How an intelligent design theorist was bested in a public math competition by a genetic algorithm—a computer simulation of evolution.
Did a Cosmic Impact Kill the Mammoths?
by David Morrison
Volume 34.3, May / June 2010
The rise and fall of the theory that cosmic catastrophes altered human prehistory in North America.
How to Test a Miracle
by Massimo Polidoro
Volume 34.3, May / June 2010
Luigi Garlaschelli and I were asked if we would be interested in testing a twenty-two-year-old mystic woman who talked with the Virgin Mary
Power Balance Technology
by Harriet Hall
Volume 34.3, May / June 2010
Carrying a Power Balance card in your pocket will supposedly improve your athletic performance and cure what ails you.
Abductions and Hoaxes
by Joe Nickell
Volume 34.3, May / June 2010
The evidence provided by Stan Romanek that purports to prove he has been repeatedly visited or contacted by extraterrestrials is all of a suspicious nature.
Chasing the Ghost Bird
by Ben Radford
Volume 34.3, May / June 2010
The ivory-bill has captured the imagination of people the world over for a very long time.
The War of the Weasels
by Dave Thomas
Volume 34.3, May / June 2010
Online Extra
Or “How an Intelligent Design Theorist was Bested in a Public Math Competition by a Genetic Algorithm!”
Review of “Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be” by Daniel Loxton
by Ben Radford
Volume 34.3, May / June 2010
Online Extra
Two very different books about evolution crossed my desk recently. The first, by Richard Dawkins, is titled The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence...
