Senior Researcher Comments on the Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon in Japan

by Markus Pössel & Ron Amundson
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 20.3, May / June 1996

Follow-up

The myth of the Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon was devised by Lyall Watson in 1979 and has been written about in Skeptical Inquirer

A Study of Fantasy Proneness in the Thirteen Cases of Alleged Encounters in John Mack’s Abduction

by Joe Nickell
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 20.3, May / June 1996

Investigative Files

Since Robert A. Baker's article appeared in the Skeptical Inquirer, a controversy has raged over his suggestion...

What’s That I Smell? The Claims of Aromatherapy

by Lynn McCutcheon
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 20.3, May / June 1996

Feature

A small dose of aromatic oil may make for a pleasant experience, but the claims of aromatherapy go way beyond that.

Workshop Report: To Err Is Human

by Nancy Shelton
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 20.3, May / June 1996

Special Report

More than one hundred skeptics attended CSICOP's superb Human Error Workshop at the University of Oregon.

The Klass Files Volume 39

by Philip J. Klass
The Skeptics UFO Newsletter
May 1, 1996

Articles from Volume 39

Nessie Hoax Redux

by Joe Nickell
Skeptical Briefs Volume 6.1, March 1996

Investigative Files

In 1934, a photo of "Nessie," the fabled Loch Ness Monster, was allegedly snapped by a London gynecologist named Robert Wilson.

NBC’s Origins Show

by Dave Thomas
Skeptical Briefs Volume 6.1, March 1996

Quality science was nowhere to be found during the Feb. 25th, 1996 NBC broadcast entitled The Mysterious Origins of Man

Psychics, Physics and Magnets

by Milton Rothman
Skeptical Briefs Volume 6.1, March 1996

Reality Check

A wonderful document has wafted its way across my desk. It is either a press release or a scientific abstract...

Improving Scientific Literacy

by Robert Baker
Skeptical Briefs Volume 6.1, March 1996

Book Review

Review of The Myth Of Scientific Literacy by Morris H. Shamos

Does Truth Matter? Science, Pseudoscience, and Civilization

by Carl Sagan
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 20.2, March / April 1996

Feature

Science has beauty, power, and majesty that can provide spiritual as well as practical fulfillment...