Skeptical Inquiry News Today

This hybrid event features a panel discussion with key experts on the frontline of health communication and vaccination policy.

The respected journal Pediatrics, published by the American Academy of Pediatrics, published a Clinical Report (12/3/23) strongly implying that parents should not feed children foods containing ingredients from genetically engineered (GE; familiar “GMO”) crops. They suggest that such products are “contaminated” with dangerous, meaningful levels of the herbicide glyphosate, making strong inference that this is a legitimate risk that will lead to ailments including cancers.

Three former NASA researchers have now independently challenged the Pentagons Project Mogul balloon theory of Roswells UFO crash. Two spoke to DailyMail.com

Aristotle was tutor to Alexander the Great. You could be the tutor of Aristotle. And thrill him to the core of his being. Aristotle was one of the greatest intellects of all time. But you know far more. You have a deeper, more penetrating, more comprehensive understanding of the way the world wo ...

I like to think I’m like Velma from Scooby Doo, the brains of Mystery Incorporated: I’d love to find a ghost I couldn’t explain away

Josh Gabbatiss (BBC, 10 November 2016) writes about Benjamin Radford (deputy editor of Skeptical Inquirer science magazine) who tackles the chupacabras as a popular myth created by fear, imagination, and, perhaps, anti-US sentiment. Here are excerpts; check out the full article at BBC Earth. [. . .] Tales of the chupacabra first emerged in Puerto Rico in…

As alternative medicine infiltrates mainstream health care, one physician is fighting back with everything he has.

Airbursts of this size are rarely discovered in advance

Airbursts of this size are rarely discovered in advance

The collision was one of the only times in history that an asteroid impact has been predicted in advance