Skeptical Inquirer is the official journal of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. On a bimonthly basis, Skeptical Inquirer publishes critical scientific evaluations of paranormal and fringe-science claims and informed discussion of all relevant issues.
According to Editor Kendrick Frazier:
"Skeptical Inquirer is an unusual hybrid, part semi-popular magazine, part scientific journal. It's fair to say that we not only help to cross disciplinary barriers within scientific fields but bridge the gaps between the hard and soft sciences and between science and the general public."
Skeptical Inquirer has been called a "spokesman for rationality," serious but highly readable," "witty and informative," and a "steady buoy in the tumultuous sea of irrationality." Its contributors have included Isaac Asimov, Martin Gardner, Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Dawkins, and hundreds of other scholars and investigators worldwide.
In addition to in-depth feature articles, special reports, up to date news and comment, book reviews and investigations on a wide variety of topics, Skeptical Inquirer has a stellar stable of regular columnists including Joe Nickell (“Investigative Files”), Massimo Polidoro (“Notes on a Strange World”), Massimo Pigluicci (“Thinking About Science”), Robert Sheaffer (“Psychic Vibrations”), and SI managing editor Benjamin Radford's reader-driven (“The Skeptical Inquiree”).
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Skeptical Inquirer May June 2016.
Letter from the Editor
The Paranormal’s Creators . . . and Some of Its Present Promoters One of the intriguing things about pseudoscience and the paranormal is that each field has been initiated and championed by just a ha...
Lumosity Fined Over False ‘Brain Game’ Claims
In early January the company behind Lumosity, the popular “brain training” program advertised as helping prevent cognitive impairment, “agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges allegin...
Alan Alda to Receive NAS Public Welfare Medal
Actor Alan Alda may be most famous for his character Hawkeye Pierce on the classic TV series M*A*S*H, but since then Alda has devoted much of his career to television programs and other forums promot...
Italian Court Acquits Six Convicted Seismologists
In late November 2015, the Italian Supreme Court formally and finally overturned the convictions of six scientists who had been charged with manslaughter for failing to adequately warn of the danger...