The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
The mission of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry is to promote scientific inquiry, critical investigation, and the use of reason in examining controversial and extraordinary claims.
New Articles from Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.3
May / June 2010
Selected articles by:
What's New?
When Scientists Actually Change Their Minds
by Mark Boslough
Skeptical Inquirer 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
Skeptical Inquirer 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
Skeptical Inquirer 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
Skeptical Inquirer 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
Skeptical Inquirer 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
Skeptical Inquirer 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
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.3, May / June 2010
The ivory-bill has captured the imagination of people the world over for a very long time.
Fly Me to the Muezzin
by Austin Dacey
Circumnavigations
August 2, 2010
NASA sent a probe to "the Muslim world," but are its lenses fogged up?
Tributes to Steve Schneider
by Kendrick Frazier, Thomas R. Casten
August 2, 2010
Noted climate scientist Stephen H. Schneider of Stanford University died July 19, 2010, of an apparent heart attack while traveling in London.
The Amaz!ng Meeting
by Karen Stollznow
The Naked Skeptic
July 23, 2010
Those who self-identify as skeptics know that TAM is an acronym for The Amaz!ng Meeting, hosted by James "The Amaz!ng" Randi