Skepticism

Ability to detect unseen staring

Published in The Skeptic, Volume 16, Issue 3 (2003) David Marks concludes a three-part critical review of parapsychology, with this article focusing on some claims by Rupert Sheldrake.

Inspirational, motivational business speakers: coming soon to an office near you…

From the archives, Martin Parkinson predicting the rise of pseudo-inspirational business speakers like Tony Robbins

Distinguishable from intelligence? Don’t mistake technology with superiority

From the archives, Wendy Grossman disputes Michael Shermer's claim that we are obviously more intelligent than our ancestors

Dopamine and religiosity: keep taking the tablets…

From the archives, Steve Donnelly ponders research linking religiosity and skepticism with varying degrees of dopamine levels in the brain.

The Psychological Reality of Haunts and Poltergeists – Part II: An Advanced Model

From the archives, Rense Lange and James Houran propose a more advanced model of the psychological processes underlying hauntings and poltergeists.

In Search of Monsters? A defence of cryptozoology

From the archive, Charles Paxton argues that cryptozoology is far from an unscientific field, even if the monsters it studies don't actually exist

The Secrets of Area 51: classified balloons and flying saucers

From the archive, David Hambling explores how secret balloon projects may have contributed to the flying saucer myth.

The Psychological Reality of Hauntings and Poltergeists – Part I: An Initial Model

In the first of a two-part article from the archive, Rense Lange and James Houran argue that ghostly outbreaks and hauntings can tell us more about the living than the dead.
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