Skeptical Inquirer — Volume 35.3

May/June 2011
A Skeptical Look at a Remarkable Case Report of ‘Overnight’ Amnesia
by Harald Merckelbach, Thomas Merten, and Scott O. Lilienfeld
Volume 35.3, May/June 2011
Article
Extraordinary Symptoms, Weak Evidence, and a Breakdown in Peer Review
Power Lines and Cancer, Distant Healing and Health Care: Magnetism Misrepresented and Misunderstood
by Eugenie V. Mielczarek and Derek C. Araujo1
Volume 35.3, May/June 2011
Article
The 1990s fear that background magnetic fields—hundreds of times weaker than Earth’s magnetic field—could cause cancer has been replaced.
We Live in Perilous Times for Science
by Elizabeth Loftus
Volume 35.3, May/June 2011
Commentary
If we as scientists want to preserve our freedom (and the welfare of others), now more than ever we have a responsibility.
The Case of the Miracle Oil
by Joe Nickell
Volume 35.3, May/June 2011
Investigative Files
I was invited to a home in Northern California where myriad icons, statues, and other religious effigies were “miraculously streaming oil”.
I Was a Teenage Psychic
by Massimo Polidoro
Volume 35.3, May/June 2011
Notes on a Strange World
As a guest on a popular Italian TV show, L’Istruttoria (The Inquest), I had a chance to test a theory I was rather curious about.
The Memory of Water
by Steven Novella
Volume 35.3, May/June 2011
The Science of Medicine
While the practice is indistinguishable from ritual and witchcraft, the modern homeopath would like to cloak himself in the respectability of science.
Available in the Print Edition. Subscribe Here.
Slaying the Vampire: Solving the Chupacabra Mystery
by Ben Radford
Volume 35.3, May/June 2011
Article
Available in the Print Edition. Subscribe Here.
The Numerology of 23
by Mark Benecke
Volume 35.3, May/June 2011
Article
Available in the Print Edition. Subscribe Here.
GHO$TLY ENDEAVOR: Ethical Issues Haunt Kentucky Press
by Joe Nickell
Volume 35.3, May/June 2011
Special Report
Available in the Print Edition. Subscribe Here.
Three Types of Evidence Lacking for Paranormal Claims
by Jonathan C. Smith
Volume 35.3, May/June 2011
Forum
Available in the Print Edition. Subscribe Here.
Two Views of the War on Cancer
by Harriet Hall
Volume 35.3, May/June 2011
Book Review
Reviews of Pink Ribbon Blues by Gayle Sulik and The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Available in the Print Edition. Subscribe Here.
Fresh Voice, Passionate Polemic
by Ryan Seals
Volume 35.3, May/June 2011
Book Review
A review of Tabloid Medicine: How the Internet Is Being Used to Hijack Medical Science for Fear and Profit by Robert Goldberg
Available in the Print Edition. Subscribe Here.
Pop Culture and Questionable Cases
by Kendrick Frazier
Volume 35.3, May/June 2011
From the Editor
Available in the Print Edition. Subscribe Here.
The Science of Unique Events
by Massimo Pigliucci
Volume 35.3, May/June 2011
Thinking About Science
Available in the Print Edition. Subscribe Here.
Abductology Implodes
by Robert Sheaffer
Volume 35.3, May/June 2011
Psychic Vibrations
Available in the Print Edition. Subscribe Here.
Denisovans and Human Hybrids in the Game-Changing Age of Paleogenetics
by Kenneth W. Krause
Volume 35.3, May/June 2011
Science Watch
Available in the Print Edition. Subscribe Here.
Anomaly Hunting
by Ben Radford
Volume 35.3, May/June 2011
Skeptical Inquiree
Available in the Print Edition. Subscribe Here.
The Problem with Neurosexism
by Massimo Pigliucci
Volume 35.3, May/June 2011
Book Review
A review of Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference by Cordelia Fine
