Timothy Caulfield, Susan Gerbic Awarded Balles Prizes for Critical Thinking

Floating in a Sea of Misinformation

We are all afloat in a sea of

Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Encouraging Trust in Science and Scientists?

The public’s trust in science and scientists is

Twelve-Year Australian Skeptics Study Proves Psychics Fail … Again and Again and Again

Rob Palmer provides a personal insider report on the Great Australian Psychic Predictions Project, see Special Report, this issue (pp. 14–16)

Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Elects 14 New Fellows from Six Countries

The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) is pleased

Elisabeth Bik Wins John Maddox Prize, U.K. Skeptics Award for Exposing Science Misconduct

Dutch microbiologist Elisabeth Bik had quite a conclusion

News Notes on Skeptical Matters

Our Precautionary UFO “Tips”: Back in June 2021

Elegy Written at a Séance Table

To James Randi I know you’d come back

Remembering Carl Sagan

Robyn E. Blumner is president and CEO of

Murder at Mile End: Solving ‘The Case Conan Doyle Couldn’t Solve’

Joe Nickell, PhD, is CSI's senior research fellow.

How to Talk to Science Deniers

Massimo Pigliucci is the K.D. Irani Professor of

The World’s Most Deadly Animal

Harriet Hall, MD, also known as “The SkepDoc,”

Spiritualism and the Birth of Abstract Art

Stuart Vyse is a psychologist and author of

Hooked on Mindfulness: Hidden Design Tricks Make Meditation Apps Addictive

Matthew C. Nisbet is professor of communication at

Truth Gets Its Boots On

Mick West, a writer and investigator, is the

Investigating the Torquay Ghost Mystery

Benjamin Radford is a research fellow at the

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

On The Exorcist As a very serious forty-yearsplus

The Great Australian Psychic Prediction Project

Pondering the Published Predictions of Prominent Psychics

A Life Preserver for Staying Afloat in a Sea of Misinformation

We are drowning in misinformation and misleading claims. Save yourself with this handy toolkit

Martian Dreams: ‘Unusual Experiences’ and Perspectives on Space and Space Aliens

Specific psychological factors are shown to influence thinking about UFOs and space issues in different ways, depending on the scientific or less-scientific basis of that thinking

Snapshot ‘Miracles’: Can Photographic Anomalies Be Evidence of the Supernatural?

Two prominent skeptics offer a handy chart to help identify what’s really going on in supposedly “miraculous” photographs

Miracle Photograph Identification Chart

I. Angels/Holy Figures: A. Faces appearing in your

The Man and the Maxim

Life Is Simple: How Occam’s Razor Set Science

Hollywood Finally Listened to Scientists

Don’t Look Up. 2021. Directed by Adam McKay.