Coronavirus Crisis: Chaos, Counting, and Confronting Our Biases

FROM THE EDITOR

Coronavirus Contemplations

Exploring Possible Worlds with Ann Druyan

The universe that science reveals is so much more amazing

HOCUS POCUS: BRINGING SKEPTICISM TO NEW AUDIENCES VIA COMICS

A new comic presents a visual, skeptical take on paranormal stories

So You Have a Ghost in Your Photo

Although science has never authenticated a single ghost, spirits of

DISPENZA’S BECOMING SUPERNATURAL: HOW COMMON PEOPLE ARE BEING MISLED

Promises of attaining instant enlightenment and supernatural abilities made by many New Age gurus are misleading, insidious, and unscientific. Here’s an examination of the claims made by Joe Dispenza in his book Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon

GOD PLAYS IN THE MUD

Conservative creationists believe God made a young, created universe appear to be an old, evolved one. In this episode, we see that they believe that God, in the middle of the flood of Noah, smooshed the mud around so that it looked as if it were deposited over the course of millions of years instead of all at once

Is Chemistry a Force for Good or Evil?

There is much misinformation about chemicals, which have been both glorified and demonized. Here’s a closer look at the benefits and harms of chemicals

A PHYSICIST, A BIOLOGIST, AND A PSYCHOLOGIST WALK INTO A BAR

The Differing Appeals of Disbelief

Recording a Skeptical Audio Course

The subject line of the email read “[So-and-so] said I

Who’s Afraid of Conspiracy Theory Theory?

On June 6, 2016, the newspaper Le Monde published a

The Shroud of Turin in History and Myth

The remarkable thing about the Shroud of Turin is that

Flat-Earthery Will Get You Nowhere

A fifth of the way into the twenty- first century,

Alternative Medicine: Placebos for Pets

Alternative medicine is accepted by many humans, but we may

New Campaign Fights Accusations of Witchcraft in Africa amid COVID-19

A new campaign launched in January in response to pervasive

Missouri Sues Televangelist Bakker for Selling Fake Coronavirus Cure

Following my article on “Magic Waters,” part of the Skeptical

Mario Bunge: Physicist, Philosopher, Champion of Science, Citizen of the World (1919–2020)

Mario Bunge, the centenarian Argentine/Canadian physicist/philosopher, passed away in the

Pentagon Releases Old ‘UFO’ Videos, with Expected Results

In April 2020, the Pentagon declassified and released three U.S

Stop the Epidemic of Lies! Thinking about COVID-19 Misinformation

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

How You Can Really Boost Your Immune System

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

Did Superstition Cause the COVID-19 Outbreak?

Stuart Vyse is a psychologist and author of Believing in

Confronting Radical Uncertainty

A More Contemplative Way of Life in Our Post-Pandemic World

Alaska’s Lady in Blue: How Baranof Castle Became Haunted

Joe Nickell, PhD, is a former magician, private detective, journalist,

Tracking the Chupacabra: Twenty-Five Years Later

Benjamin Radford is a research fellow at the Committee for

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[LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Michael E. Mann is correct when he says that we