The Politicization of Scientific Issues

by Jeanne Goldberg

Skeptical Inquirer · Feature · Volume 41.5

It is paradoxical that in populations supportive of science and democracy scientific issues have become politicized to the degree that objective evidence is ignored or rejected in favor of “alternative” opinions.

The Fakery of Electrodermal Screening

by Stephen Barrett

Skeptical Inquirer · Feature · Volume 41.5

Souped-up galvanometers are being used to assess people’s health and determine what they supposedly need. Tests expose them as preposterous, and government agencies should stop their use.

“13. It’s Just a Number, Right?”

by Stuart Vyse

Special Articles · Behavior & Belief

October 13, 2017

A 2007 Gallup poll found that 13 percent of Americans would be bothered by being assigned a 13^th floor hotel room.

We Already Know the Las Vegas Shooter’s Motive

by Stuart Vyse

Special Articles · Behavior & Belief

October 12, 2017

The shooter’s goal was to set a record: to kill as many people as possible all by himself and to become famous for doing so, simply because he could.

An Interview with CSICon Speaker Bob Novella

by Susan Gerbic

Special Articles · CSICon

September 28, 2017

Bob Novella is one of the founding members of the popular The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe podcast that started in May 2005. He and the rest of the Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe rogues will be speaking at CSICon, October 26–28, 2017.

27 academias científicas nacionales europeas alertan de 
la inutilidad y el peligro de la homeopatía

by Luis Alfonso Gámez

Special Articles · ¡Paparruchas!

September 26, 2017

Dictaminan que la pseudoterapia limita sus efectos al placebo y piden a los legisladores de la UE que tomen medidas contra ella