The Third Time Was Filled with Charm

A Skeptical Hero’s Origin Story

[ FROM THE EDITOR

Skeptical Heroes Unite: CSICon 2023

The first CSICon I attended was in Nashville

The Highs and Lows of Skeptical Education

Stephen Hupp Asa psychologist and former college professor,

What I Learned: Disgust, Misinformation, and the Lemon Test

Erika Engelhaupt CSICon 2023 has come and gone,

The Lies We Share

Richard Wiseman, Teller, and Penn Jillette Lies are

Come for the Speakers, Return for the Community

Come for the speakers, return for the community—that

Defending Science against Social Justice Dogmatism and Identitarianism

Robyn E. Blumner is president and CEO of

Detective’s Sidekick: Remembering My Late Wife, Diana Harris

Joe Nickell, PhD, has used his training at

The Mystery of the Vegetable Lamb

Massimo Polidoro is an investigator of the paranormal,

Feng Shui, Demarcation, and Virtue Epistemology

Massimo Pigliucci is the K.D. Irani Professor of

Rhinos and Radium: A Skeptic’s Tour of Paris, Part II

Stuart Vyse is a psychologist and author of

The MH370 Teleport Hoax

Mick West is a writer, investigator, and debunker

There Be Monsters! Is it True We’ve Only Explored 5 Percent of the Oceans?

Benjamin Radford is a research fellow at the

FUN & GAMES

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

UFO Whistleblowers Mick West’s sobering assessment (“UFO Whistleblowers

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Why Weird Stuff Matters: Chris French on The Science of Weird Shit

Chris French, professor emeritus of psychology at Goldsmiths

Threats to Science in Ukraine

Against the backdrop of the ongoing conflict in

Stories That Should Be Handled with Care: The Subjects of Pseudoscience

\ Editor’s Note: This article includes two

Prophet of Oppenheimer’s Atomic Bomb

Did a hillbilly prophet foretell the development of

Fitspiration, Pseudo-Healthcare Professions, and the First Amendment

There have been a handful of recent court

Why You Will Never Know What ‘Healthy Eating’ Is

Amazon lists 60,000 books under the search term

Healthy Skepticism about Wellness Culture

The Gospel of Wellness is the book I

A Foolproof Defense against Misinformation?

“Raphael notes how wellness culture offers opportunities

Scientific and Technical Consultants

Gary Bauslaugh, writer and editor, Victoria, B.C., Canada