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Pseudoscience

Pseudoscience on the Farm (article): Sandy Szwarc looks into pseudoscience on the farm in her article “Mad Cows and Irrational Hysterics.”
(from eSkeptic: January 8th, 2004)
Afterlife Debate with Deepak Chopra (debate): Deepak Chopra and Michael Shermer follow up their debate on the virtues and value of skepticism (see eSkeptic September 28th, 2005).

Alternative Medicine

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Cryptozoology

Bigfoot, Big Con (book review): Daniel Loxton reviews The Making of Bigfoot: The Inside Story by Greg Long.
(from eSkeptic: April 12th, 2004)

UFOs & Alien Abductions

UFOs and Tunguska (article): Michael Shermer presents two articles by Alan Harris on the Russian expedition that claims to have found a UFO crash site.
(from eSkeptic: November 19th, 2004)
The Spaceships of Ezekiel (article): In a rebuff to UFO enthusiasts, Tim Callahan extrapolates the earthly origins of Ezekial’s visions.
(from eSkeptic: July 28th, 2005)
Aliens, Ball Lightning, or Flares? (article): Aerospace engineer James C. Smith investigates the Mexican Air Force UFO Affair.
(from eSkeptic: July 24th, 2004)

Parapsychology & the Paranormal

Larry King and the Paranormal (article): Leon Jaroff discusses Larry King and the paranormal.
(from eSkeptic: December 19th, 2003)
Freeman Dyson, Miracles, and the Belief in the Paranormal (commentary): Michael Shermer responds to Freeman Dyson’s assertion that there are valid reasons to believe in the paranormal.
(from eSkeptic: May 4th, 2004)
Exposing the Errors of ABC’s Primetime Thursday (letter): Curtis Cameron exposes the errors in ABC’s Primetime Thursday.
(from eSkeptic: May 4th, 2004)
On Freeman Dyson’s Endorsement of the Paranormal (letter): David Alexander responds to the endorsement of the paranormal by physicist Freeman Dyson.
(from eSkeptic: May 17th, 2004)
Ramtha’s School of Quantum Flapdoodle (film review): John Olmsted reviews the fantasy docudrama and cult hit What the #$*! Do We Know?.
(from eSkeptic: October 1st, 2004)
The Pentagon’s Psychic Friend’s Network (book review): Michael Shermer reviews The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson.
(from eSkeptic: April 26th, 2005)
The Curious Case of Ted Serios (commentary): Calvin Campbell shares his lively and strange personal experience with psychic “thoughtographer” Ted Serios.
(from eSkeptic: November 14th, 2005)
A Skeptic’s Defense of Supernatural Television (article): Jason Colavito comes to the rescue of fiction with a skeptical defense of television shows that incorporate the supernatural.
(from eSkeptic: April 20th, 2006)
Facilitated Communication & the Power of Belief (article): Dr. Lawrence Norton reviews a recent Time magazine article that touted the virtues of facilitated communication.
(from eSkeptic: May 25th, 2006)
TAPS vs. SAPS (article): Alison Smith, founder of Skeptical Analysis of the Paranormal Society (SAPS), debunks “Ghost Hunters” — a Sci-Fi Network TV show by one of the most famous paranormal investigation groups in the world (TAPS — The Atlantic Paranormal Society).
(from eSkeptic: August 10th, 2006)