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The Devil in the Details
May 1, 2024
JD Sword
For centuries, alchemy has been considered something of an intellectual embarrassment alongside witchcraft and superstition. Scientific juggernauts such as Robert Boyle and Sir Isaac Newton were intensely interested in the subject, devoting as much time to their alchemical pursuits as they did to their groundbreaking work in chemistry and physics. Alchemy, then, was a distraction, …
The Skeptic’s Guide to Sports Science
April 26, 2024
Nick Tiller
I was contacted in 2023 by a journalist writing for a major news outlet. In her email—which was written with the terseness that only journalists and famous people seem to get away with—she asked me to comment on a new study that had made a “major breakthrough” in the best time of day to exercise …
Special Articles
April 25, 2024
Johannes C. Zeller
Amid escalating drama, German skeptics face a crucial decision at their general assembly on May 11. The vote is not just between the current chairman and his challenger, but also about whether it is the role of skeptic organizations to challenge the logical inconsistencies in critical studies and related fields. New Elections Scheduled for Next …
Special Articles
April 24, 2024
Puneet Seth
We live in strangely dichotomous times where our society continues to make scientific progress by leaps and bounds—the mRNA vaccines (Barbier et al. 2022), the James Webb Space Telescope (Witze 2022), artificial intelligence (Wallis 2019) being the recent crowning scientific achievements—but simultaneously there is a perceptible reduction in the overall scientific temperament globally. Today, while …
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Skeptical Inquirer Volume 48, No. 3
May/June 2024
Guy P. Harrison
Rumors of impending artificial intelligence (AI) doom got you down? Take heart, there may be light at the end of this tunnel—and not all of it from the headlight of a self-driving locomotive. No, sorry, you can’t be sure that a precocious bundle of algorithms won’t take your job (Cao 2023; Georgieva 2024). There is …
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Skeptical Inquirer Volume 48, No. 3
May/June 2024
Benjamin Radford
Digital disinformation is becoming a widely recognized threat—especially to public health—with unprecedented amounts of misinformation available online. Inhis first advisory, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy (2021) issued a stark warning that “Health misinformation is a serious threat to public health … we can and must confront it together.” World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus (2020) concurred: …
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Skeptical Inquirer Volume 48, No. 3
May/June 2024
Dr. Jen Gunter
Editor’s note: This article is a slightly revised excerpt from Dr. Jen Gunter’s new book, Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation. While this excerpt focuses on alternative therapies, the rest of the book highlights evidence-based information. Thank you to Dr. Gunter and Citadel Press for granting permission. Pain, as defined by the International …
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Skeptical Inquirer Volume 48, No. 3
May/June 2024
JD Sword, Kenny Biddle
In 1971, years before both the bestselling novel and film The Amityville Horror thrilled the public with one of the most well-known “true stories” of a haunted house, NBC News aired a short, six-minute clip documenting the exorcism of the allegedly haunted Chicago couple Edwin and Marsha Becker. Decades later, Edwin Becker self-published an account …
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Skeptical Inquirer Volume 48, No. 3
May/June 2024
Stephen Hupp
Earlier this year, my wife, Farrah, and I joined the Midwest Paranormal Investigators Consortium in the attic of the second-oldest house in Edwardsville. This being my first paranormal investigation, I decided to check my skepticism at the door. I wasn’t surprised by any of the gadgets used, but I was surprised by the sheer number …
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Skeptical Inquirer Volume 48, No. 3
May/June 2024
Julia Lavarnway
The weekend ahead of the January 23, 2024, primary election, thousands of New Hampshire voters received a call from someone who sounded like a very well-known political leader. The voice urged those who answered not to vote in the primary, falsely telling them that doing so would preclude them from voting in the November general …
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