The Skeptical No. 28 / September - December 2008 / 70 pages
The last issue of 2008 of The Skeptical is dedicated to Homo Webensis website, Ernesto Carmona. Last page will no longer be updated, but will keep his excellent articles on-line. As a tribute, the paper published some of his writings, referred to as transgenic clones, the paranormal and a FAQ on pseudomedicinas lightening.
also includes an article of Rationalist International on the challenges faced by the Indian skeptic Edamaruki Sanal, who faced a magician on television who said that could kill countless Marigu making, rituals and other nonsense. Another text speaks of cryptozoology, Jesus Zamora addresses the explosive emergence of atheistic texts (in the footsteps of "The God Delusion "by Richard Dawkins) and finally we read the literary reviews.
The Critical Eye No. 61 / May 2009 / 52 pages
in the number 61, a miracle for a separate publication, the English journal Critical Eye brings several exclusive items, as the ninth installment of the files lost English ufology, a case of witchcraft in Aragon, a brief note on Miguel Serrano's death and an essay on the journals on issues abounded anomalous in the late eighties.
We also have a story about the balloon, an interview with Marcelino Requejo, author of "UFOs. Top Secret." Jesús Fernández refers to graphology in the forensic field. As always, some of the tastiest of the journal is reserved for the section "confidential", which features a photo of JJ Benitez showing the scar on his heart operation and the news that a book published in Spain on fraud Friendship-myth.
Skeptical Inquirer, Volume 33, No. 3 / May - June 2009 / 68 pages The magazine CSI devotes its cover story to science and pseudoscience in nutrition. Diet pills, teas colors that burn fat and other leseras with which he deceives consumers, are addressed in a text of Reynold Spector. Benjamin Radford investigates a case of ghost in New Mexico, following the line of the magazine out into the field to analyze cases resulting impact on the mainstream press.
Christopher di Carlo
essay on the roots of skepticism. Kendrick Frazier-the-scenes account of the AAAS annual meeting that discussed, among other things, climate change. John Fleck points out something many have forgotten: In the seventies it was said that the Earth was cooling. Joe Nickell talks about ghosts and reviews of books, a beautiful rarity: a book about the myth of the flat earth.
essay on the roots of skepticism. Kendrick Frazier-the-scenes account of the AAAS annual meeting that discussed, among other things, climate change. John Fleck points out something many have forgotten: In the seventies it was said that the Earth was cooling. Joe Nickell talks about ghosts and reviews of books, a beautiful rarity: a book about the myth of the flat earth.
