Center for Inquiry, Richard Dawkins Foundation Merging; Robyn Blumner CFI’s New CEO

Letter from the Editor

The Paranormal’s Creators . . . and Some of Its

Lumosity Fined Over False ‘Brain Game’ Claims

In early January the company behind Lumosity, the popular “brain

Alan Alda to Receive NAS Public Welfare Medal

Actor Alan Alda may be most famous for his character

Scientists Urge Supreme Court: Reject Pseudoscientific Testimony for Texas Abortion Case

Eminent scientists and public intellectuals are backing the Center for

Italian Court Acquits Six Convicted Seismologists

In late November 2015, the Italian Supreme Court formally and

Mathematical Model Debunks Conspiracies

One of the hallmarks of conspiracy theories is that those

Gallows Ghosts? Mystery at Brisbane’s Tower Mill

Joe Nickell, PhD, is CSI’s senior research fellow. A former

New X-Files Renews Cover-Up Conspiracy Claims

Sheaffer’s “Psychic Vibrations” column has appeared in the Skeptical Inquirer

Theresa Caputo: The Fake Long Island Medium

Massimo Polidora is an investigator of the paranormal, lecturer, and

Don’t Fear a Franken Public

Matthew Nisbet is associate professor of communication at Northeastern University

U.K. Viral ‘Ghost Photo’ Explained

Benjamin Radford is a research fellow at the Committee for

CRISPR-Cas9: Not Just Another Scientific Revolution

Is it possible to overstate the potential of a new

Creators of the Paranormal

Much of what is called “the paranormal” today has intrigued

Dissociation and Paranormal Beliefs: Toward a Taxonomy of Belief in the Unreal

Virtually all known human cultures possess beliefs in the paranormal

Scientific Reasoning at the USAF Academy: An Examination into Titanium-Treated Necklaces

Wedding bands typically feature a particular metal such as gold,

Stick It In Your Ear! How Not To Do Science

Have a sore throat? No worries! No need for lozenges,

A Testament of Belief Masquerading as Science

In a recent study funded by the John Templeton Foundation

The Nature of ‘Nature’

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Hallucination or Revelation?

Jerry Martin was raised as a Christian but had been

New and Notable

THE FOLKLORESQUE: Reframing Folklore in a Popular Culture World. Edited

The Art and Science of the Scam: Implications for Skeptics

The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It…Every Time. By

Letters to the Editor

Dr. Morton Tavel has done the scientific community a great

Skeptical Anniversaries

May 1, 1776: A secret society called “The Illuminati” is

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