Skeptical Inquirer

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Articles in March-April 2005 issue of Skeptical Inquirer

• False pretenses
  by William S. Bunn
• A voice of reason in the midst of the European witch hunts
  by James M. Wood
• Psychic detectives fail in the real world but succeed on TV
  by Benjamin Radford
• Hyperbole in media reports on asteroids and impacts: news releases and media reporting on asteroid impact-related science frequently exaggerate the uniqueness and significance of new research. We should be skeptical of all claims of scientific revolutions
  by David Morrison
• Comforting thoughts about death that have nothing to do with God
  by Greta Christina
• Science, ulcers, and ostracism?
  by Alan W. Harris
• Capital Punishment responses
  by Robert M. Gerst
• Science best sellers: top ten best sellers
• Bin Laden dead, Powell president? Psychics' predictions for 2004 missed big time
• 'Stupid Dino Tricks': a reply to Hovind's Web response
  by Greg Martinez
• The bizarre Columbia University 'Miracle' saga continues
  by Bruce L. Flamm
• What defines science?
  by Richard A. Berg
• Columbia prayer study
  by Alison Lovell
• Blundered predictions in 2004: a Sylvia Browne review
  by Bryan Farha
• Science and the public curriculum
  by Gary Barker
• Holy grilled cheese?
  by Joe Nickell
• Dinosaurs and degrees
  by Eric Prebys
• NMSR's best and worst of 2004 Awards
  by David E. Thomas
• Plagues of Egypt?
  by Marvin Zelkowitz
• Intuition: the case of the unknown daughter
  by Joe Nickell
• Scientists and the election
  by Ralph Estling
• Iraq, intelligence, and skepticism
  by Henri Suyderhoud
• Do extraordinary claims really require extraordinary evidence?
  by Massimo Pigliucci
• Climate controversy
  by Patrick J. Michaels
• Evolution and evidence
  by Kendrick Frazier
• Was a quack doctor Jack the Ripper?
  by Massimo Polidoro
• Fake photo foolery
  by Leo Tokarski
• Defense of an old earth a peculiar blend of Christianity and science
  by Timothy H. Heaton
• New government peer review leaves cold fusion still out in the cold
  by Kendrick Frazier
• One longsome argument: by any objective measure, the evolution of species ranks among the most successful scientific theories ever. So why is the message not getting through?
  by Dennis R. Trumble
• Ringing false alarms: skepticism and media scares
  by Benjamin Radford
• The nature of fictional truth
  by John A. Broussard
• PBS premiers NOVA ScienceNow
• Moonshine: why the peppered moth remains an icon of evolution: the peppered moth evolved a dark form in response to soot covering its habitat during the industrial revolution. Or did it? There has been speculation that the data were faked or manipulated.
  by Matt Young
• The glaring garret ghost: since 1878, the horror-stricken face of Henry Wells has supposedly glared from the garret window of the Pickens County Courthouse in Carrollton, Alabama. Is it real?
  by Mark W. Durm