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El humor es una magnífica herramienta no sólo para la divulgación del conocimiento, sino también en la lucha contra la pseudociencia, donde tan importante es tener razón como que parezca que uno la tiene.

The House of Skeptics Serves Psi (And Crow)

by Ben Radford

January 18, 2013

A review of Science & Psychic Phenomena: The Fall of the House of Skeptics, by Chris Carter.

One Young Man’s Struggle against Louisiana’s Creationist Lobby

by Zack Kopplin

January 17, 2013

When I became a senior in high school, I finally recognized that no one had launched a repeal of the LSEA and no one was going to. For my high school senior project, I decided I had to stand up and take on creationism in Louisiana. I partnered with Senator Karen Carter Peterson, who has now sponsored two bills to repeal the LSEA.

In the Media: 2012 Activities of Joe Nickell

by Joe Nickell

January 16, 2013

CSI’s Senior Research Fellow, Joe Nickell, continued his work investigating the world’s strangest mysteries.

CFI Kenya Report: The Results of Superstition in Africa and Our Humanist Efforts

by George Ongere

January 14, 2013

Humanists in Africa have put anti-superstition campaigns as one of their top priorities. Not only has superstition caused people to lose property and given the youths a bleak future, but it has also made people lose their lives.

Information Cycle of Violence

by Robert Blaskiewicz

The Conspiracy Guy

January 11, 2013

New media, especially YouTube, has changed the public’s relationship to news and information in a way that has made conspiracy theories not only more prevalent but also a much more participatory pursuit. For this reason, it is vital that any student of conspiracy theory attain some degree of media literacy. A good place to start is with the information cycle.

Robert A. Steiner (1934-2013)

by Robert Sheaffer

January 8, 2013

Magician and skeptic Robert A. Steiner died on January 4, 2013 in a nursing home in Concord, California, at age 78. A longtime resident of the San Francisco Bay area, Steiner was a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, and spoke at several CSI(COP) conferences.

Talking Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria – Senior Science Correspondent at Huffington Post

by Kylie Sturgess

Curiouser and Curiouser

January 2, 2013

Cara Santa Maria – Huffington Post’s senior science correspondent and host of the “Talk Nerdy to Me” series. Her published research has spanned various topics, including clinical psychological assessment, the neuropsychology of blindness, neuronal cell culture techniques, and computational neurophysiology.