Skeptical Inquirer

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Articles in May-June 2006 issue of Skeptical Inquirer

• Are we alone? A searching look at SETI
  by Kendrick Frazier
• Public health's credibility crisis
  by Elizabeth M. Whelan
• Teaching pigs to sing: an experiment in bringing critical thinking to the masses: a skeptic encounters psychics, astrologers, and other strange creatures and discovers firsthand how they react to science and reason. Included: a fable about testing the Too
  by Harriet Hall
• Paranormal beliefs survey
  by John Smith
• The virtues of skepticism
  by David Ludden
• Uri Geller
  by Chris Torrero
• AAAS events, statement expound evolution, Decry ID
  by Kendrick Frazier
• Intelligent design and the workings of science
  by Michael Friedlander
• The real Sword in the Stone: the Sword in the Stone of St. Galgano, a twelfth-century Tuscan hermit, has been investigated, and the striking coincidences between his life and parts of the Arthurian legends are examined
  by Luigi Garlaschelli
• Hubble wouldn't be hubble without her
  by Greg Martinez
• Homeopathy/hormesis
  by Matthew H. Fields
• The 'new' idolatry
  by Joe Nickell
• Why scientists shouldn't be surprised by the popularity of intelligent design: perspectives from psychology: the main obstacle standing in the way of the public's acceptance of evolutionary theory is not a dearth of common sense. Instead, it is the public
  by Scott O. Lilienfeld
• AAAS: 'deeply concerned about legislation and policies that would undermine the teaching of evolution'
• Ethics of investigation
  by William S. Bunn
• On 'Darwin's finches'
  by Elie A. Shneour
• U.S. 'out on a limb by ourselves' in evolution rejection, Jon Miller tells AAAS
  by Kendrick Frazier
• Is physics turning into philosophy?
  by Massimo Pigliucci
• 'Curing' ADHD: a Web search for "Curing ADHD" resulted in 33,000 hits. This is a curious result, considering the unanimous view of scientists that there is currently no cure for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  by Alan D. Bowd
• Darwin's burial
  by Carlos A. Altgelt
• Nature vs. nurture
  by Robert L. Boyd
• Neil deGrasse Tyson to host NOVA scienceNOW
• Circles of light
  by Massimo Polidoro
• Mad, Bad, and Dangerous? The Scientist and the Cinema
• Memory matter
  by Douglas Hintzman
• Studies on soy and arthritis-relief supplements give negative results
  by David Park Musella
• Mysteries of the Coral Castle
  by Benjamin Radford
• Notes for a Memoir: On Isaac Asimov, Life, and Writing
• Ogopogo
  by Roger K. Pabian
• James Randi's amazing meeting in Las Vegas
  by Benjamin Radford
• SETI requires a skeptical reappraisal: early SETI efforts were marked by overly optimistic estimates of the probable number of extraterrestrial civilizations in our galaxy. In light of new findings and insights, it seems appropriate to put excessive eupho
  by Peter Schenkel
• The Oracle: The Lost Secrets and Hidden Message of Ancient Delphi
• Contradictions?
  by Charles F. Hruska
• Darwin's birthday, Hollywood style
  by James Underdown
• The Cosmic Haystack is large
  by Jill Tarter
• Physics Demonstrations: A Sourcebook for Teachers of Physics
• Intelligent design
  by Anthony Gumbrell
• Irving Rothchild dead at 92
• Astrobiology is the new modern framework encompassing SETI … and so much else
  by David Morrison
• Science and Nonbelief
• The PEAR proposition: fact or fallacy? For twenty-five years a group of researchers at Princeton University has been making claims that humans can affect electronic and mechanical devices with their minds. They claim their experiments are conducted in a r
  by Stanley Jeffers
• Friday the 13th
  by Jean Meeus
• CSICOP announces winners of the first Robert P. Ballez Prize
• The new approach to SETI is from the bottom up, rather than the top down
  by David Darling
• The ill effects of the self-help movement
  by Terence Hines
• Science best sellers: top ten best sellers
• Sgt. Pepper patch
  by Ted Powell