January/February 2025

Clear Thinking about Climate with Guest Editor Bill Nye

Volume 49, No. 1

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Clear Thinking about Climate
Volume 49, No. 1
January/February 2025
Bill Nye

When Stephen Hupp and Barry Karr approached me about being a guest editor, I thought it would be easy enough, even recreational. I expected to sort through some fun pieces about various charlatans and rip-off artists. I looked forward to learning about a few tricks in the magic, mentalist, and...

 

The Three Wellness Mindsets: Believers, Liars, and Bullshitters
January 23, 2025
Nick Tiller

The wellness world is a big place. And yet, like Earth, it’s overpopulated: with coaches and trainers in gyms, studios, and wellness centers; manufacturers of garments, gadgets, diets, and...

 

Turning a Miss Into a Hit
January 22, 2025
Susan Gerbic

No, psychic medium Tyler Henry did not tell TV personality Ricki Lake that her house would burn down and three months later it did. But it’s all over the entertainment news! Ricki Lake...

Skeptical Inquirer Presents


We are all skeptics

Skepticism is a part of everyday common sense we all use; it is also a key component of scientific thinking. It helps lead to fact-based judgments about what is real and what is not. It allows you to see for yourself which claims you’ve heard stand up to tests of evidence and which do not.