Published Works

Articles

Doomsdays: Dubious and Deferred
Web published at news.discovery.com May 20, 2011

Sexy Sex Offender List Causes Outrage
Web published at news.discovery.com May 14, 2011

Baby’s Death Raises Questions About Midwife Safety
Web published at news.discovery.com May 12, 2011

What Do Teens Really Want?
Web published at news.discovery.com May 10, 2011

Bin Laden Conspiracies Rely on Complex Scenarios
Web published at news.discovery.com May 6, 2011

Where’s Bin Laden’s Body?
Web published at news.discovery.com May 2, 2011

Anti-Vaccination Doctor’s ‘Deliberate Fraud’
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 35(2), March/April 2011

CSI Helps Crack Los Angeles UFO Mystery
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 35(2), March/April 2011

The Mysterious Morgellons Malady
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 35(2), March/April 2011

Debunking the Trauma Myth
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 35(2), March/April 2011

Why Obama Birther Conspiracy Theories Linger
Web published at news.discovery.com April 27, 2011

Children Often (Literal) Victims in Parental Disputes
Web published at news.discovery.com April 27, 2011

Russian Dead Alien Video Surfaces
Web published at news.discovery.com April 21, 2011

Should Sex Abuse Victims Name Names?
Web published at news.discovery.com April 20, 2011

Psychic Tip on Long Island Serial Killer?
Web published at news.discovery.com April 14, 2011

Secret FBI File Exposes Roswell UFO — Or Not?
Web published at news.discovery.com April 12, 2011

2 Percent of Americans Identify as Gay
Web published at news.discovery.com April 11, 2011

Most Women Would Not Trade Anything to Be Thin
Web published at news.discovery.com April 7, 2011

Measles: The Human Cost of Vaccine Fraud
Web published at news.discovery.com April 4, 2011

Seeking the Puerto Rican Chupacabra
Weekly Alibi newspaper, 19 (35), September 2-8, 2010

Miracle Muscles, Only $14,615
Weekly Alibi newspaper, 19 (21), May 27-June 2, 2010

Jerusalem UFO Video: Case Closed
Web published at news.discovery.com March 31, 2011

Disaster Relief: Contrasting Haiti and Japan
Web published at news.discovery.com March 29, 2011

Barry Bonds: Drugging Victim?
Web published at news.discovery.com March 28, 2011

Are Chupacabra Recollections Real?
Web published at news.discovery.com March 24, 2011

Japanese Radiation Victims Offered Worthless Treatment
Web published at news.discovery.com March 15, 2011

Tsunamis and Animal ‘Sixth Sense’ Warnings
Web published at news.discovery.com March 11, 2011

Mysterious Mass Fish Deaths
Web published at news.discovery.com March 10, 2011

Who Owns History? Egyptian Looting Raises Questions
Web published at news.discovery.com March 7, 2011

North America’s Lake Monsters
Web published at news.discovery.com March 2, 2011

Do You Have a Chupacabra? Take the Alibi Quiz!
Weekly Alibi newspaper, 20 (9), March 3-9, 2010

Psychic Predictions, Past and Future
Weekly Alibi newspaper, 20 (1), January 6-12, 2011

Life on the Loch
Weekly Alibi newspaper, 19 (28), July 15-21, 2010

A Closer Look at the Famous Fiji ‘TV Causes Anorexia’ Study
Web published at SheThought.com, January 24, 2011

Will the Royal Wedding Spur Anorexia?
Web published at SheThought.com, May 12, 2011

Reactions to a Poll on Girls and Fashion Photos
Web published at SheThought.com, August 16, 2010

Claim: Psychic Predicted Japanese Earthquake
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com April 7, 2011

Dead Alien Found in Siberia
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com April 19, 2011

Bogus Ghost Video Goes Viral
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com April 5, 2011

Do Body Cells Regenerate Every 7 Years?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com April 4, 2011

Hoax in the Holy Land: UFO in Jerusalem?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com February 7, 2011

Magnetic Boy: Mystery or Simple Physics?
Web published at news.discovery.com February 24, 2011

Pirate Hostages: Ransom or Death
Web published at news.discovery.com February 22, 2011

Investigation Clears Toyota Electronics in Crashes
Web published at news.discovery.com February 18, 2011

Is eHarmony Scientific?
Web published at news.discovery.com February 14, 2011

Homeopathy’s Ineffectiveness Saves Lives
Web published at news.discovery.com February 9, 2011

Centenarian Advice on a Long Life
Web published at news.discovery.com February 2, 2011

Doomsday Facts (or Fictions)
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com May 19, 2011

Claim: Psychic Predicted Japan’s April 7 Aftershock
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com April 7, 2011

Russian Government to Fund Yeti Search: What Will They Look For?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com April 4, 2011

UFO Battles Captured On Video? Not Likely, Expert Says
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com May 4, 2011

‘Magnetic Boy’ Ivan Just a Very Sticky Kid
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com May 11, 2011

El Chupacabra Mystery Solved: Case of Mistaken Identity
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com March 22, 2011

Hoax in the Holy Land: Jerusalem UFO a Proven Fake
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com February 7, 2011

How to Make Accurate ‘Psychic’ Predictions for 2011
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com January 3, 2011

UFO Cover-up? Britain’s Roswell Files Missing
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com March 4, 2011

Could Cockroaches Survive Nuclear Winter?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com August 9, 2010

What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com August 11, 2010

What are the Oldest Rocks on Earth?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com August 9, 2010

When Does Ramadan Begin?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com August 19, 2010

What Causes Anorexia?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com August 9, 2010*

What’s the Longest Film?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com August 9, 2010*

Why is the Bald Eagle the National Bird?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com August 9, 2010*

What Is a Petri Dish?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com August 30, 2010

Why Do Bridges Ice Over Faster than Roads?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com January 31, 2011

What’s the Difference Between White and Dark Chocolate?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com January 12, 2011

Red Eyes in Photos: Why and how to Eliminate Them
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com February 7, 2011

When Did the First Ghost Photos Appear?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com February 1, 2011

Claim that ESP is Real Stirs Outrage in Scientists
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com January 6, 2011

Do You Need an Exorcism? Take the Quiz!
Web published at news.discovery.com January 27, 2011

Indonesian Crop Circle Prompts Rumors of Aliens
Web published at news.discovery.com January 26, 2011

Cold Fusion Claims Resurface
Web published at news.discovery.com January 21, 2011

Tucson Shootings: Why Criminal Profiling Failed
Web published at news.discovery.com January 20, 2011

How Astrology Is Like Racism
Web published at news.discovery.com January 18, 2011

Arizona Shooting Tragic, But Not ‘Senseless’
Web published at news.discovery.com January 13, 2011

Anti-Vaccine Doctor Planned to Profit from Scare
Web published at news.discovery.com January 11, 2011

Power Balance Maker Admits Bands Are Worthless
Web published at news.discovery.com January 10, 2011

‘Flawed’ ESP Study Sparks Uproar
Web published at news.discovery.com January 6, 2011

Vaccine-Autism Doctor Accused of ‘Deliberate Fraud’
Web published at news.discovery.com January 6, 2011

Can Fright Kill Animals?
Web published at news.discovery.com January 5, 2011

What Are Sunspots?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com July 21, 2010

How Does a Curveball Curve?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com July 20, 2010

Which Jobs Require Celibacy?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com July 7, 2010

How Does Air Conditioning Cool the Air?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com June 7, 2010

Is Sugar Bad for You?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com June 11, 2010

What’s the Shroud of Turin?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com June 8, 2010

What Causes Bioluminescence?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com June 16, 2010

Why Does Pepper Make Us Sneeze?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com June 14, 2010

Is the Amityville Horror House Really Haunted?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com May 25, 2010

What Is a Kraken?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com April 4, 2010

How Were the Great Pyramids built?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com June 1, 2010

Why Does Bottled Water Have Expiry Dates?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com June 9, 2010

What Is an Air Pocket?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com January 25, 2011*

Do We Only Use 10% of the brain?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com January 25, 2011*

What Are Antibiotics?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com January 25, 2011*

Does Acupuncture Work?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com January 25, 2011*

Why Are Buttons on Mens and Womens Clothes Reversed?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com January 25, 2011*

Why Are Sponges Moist in the Package?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com January 25, 2011*

What Is the Organic Liaison Diet?
Web published at LifesLittleMysteries.com March 18, 2010

Cancer Vaccine Developed — And Ignored
Web published at news.discovery.com December 28, 2010

Teen Birth Rate at All-Time Low
Web published at news.discovery.com December 23, 2010

Poll: Belief in Evolution Increases
Web published at news.discovery.com December 21, 2010

Group Blasts Media Blackout on Child Abuse
Web published at news.discovery.com December 14, 2010

Does ‘Black Swan’ Encourage Anorexia?
Web published at news.discovery.com December 13, 2010

Forty Percent of Overweight Women Don’t Know It
Web published at news.discovery.com December 10, 2010

Psychics and Airline Security
Web published at news.discovery.com December 2, 2010

Alone on the Loch: One Man’s Search for Nessie
Skeptical Briefs, September 2010

Lying Liars and Paranormal Investigation
Skeptical Briefs, December 2009

Charles Darwin, Skeptic
Skeptical Briefs, March 2010

Camp Inquiry 2010: Summer of Science and Skepticism
Skeptical Briefs, September 2010

A Skeptic’s Visit to Macchu Picchu
Skeptical Briefs, September 2009

2012 Disaster Film Contains Pro-Science Themes
Balloon Boy Hoax Based on Eyewitness Testimony

Study: Sex Offenders Not a Halloween Threat
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, December 2009

Hide the Kids and Wake the Neighbors: The Montauk Monster Returns!
Wikipedia Fuels Rorschach Controversy

Twitter Experiment Fails to Find Evidence for ESP
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, September 2009

New Texas Chupacabra Revealed as…. Montauk Monster?
New Minnesota Sasquatch Photo: Bigfoot Wears Jackets!

Israeli Army Organ Theft Accusations
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, June 2010

Obama the Muslim Antichrist?
Vatican Investigates Virgin Mary Miracle

Losing Weight with the Placebo Effect?
Psychic Sorcerer Condemned to Death
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, March 2010

Study: Home Births Increase Risk for Babies
Another Season, Another Texas Chupacabra
Glucosamine Found Worthless for Back Pain
U.K. Study: Cell Phone Towers Do Not Raise Cancer Risk
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, September 2010

China Latest UFO Hotspot
Denver Votes on UFO Commission
Claim of Gay-Teen Suicide Epidemic Debunked
Former Airmen: UFOs National Security Threat
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, December 2010

Left Brained or Right Brained?
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 35(1), January/February 2011

CSI Cracks Manhattan UFO Mystery
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 35(1), January/February 2011

Infrared Cameras and Ghost Hunting
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 34(6), November/December 2010

Study: If Asked, God May Improve Vision and Hearing
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 34(6), November/December 2010

Ghost Hunter Killed Seeking ‘Ghost Train’
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 34(6), November/December 2010

Ghost Hunting Mistakes
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 34(6), November/December 2010

WikiLeaks: The Ethics of Revealing Secrets
Web published at news.discovery.com November 30, 2010

TSA Opt-Out Protest Likely Ineffective
Web published at news.discovery.com November 22, 2010

D.C. Forum: Bed Bugs a National Threat
Web published at news.discovery.com November 18, 2010

African Albino Official Fears for Life
Web published at news.discovery.com November 16, 2010

Junk Food Studies Ignore Parent Responsibility
Web published at news.discovery.com November 16, 2010

Examining Official Explanation of the Mystery ‘Missile’
Web published at news.discovery.com November 11, 2010

Baby Organ Theft Rumor Circulates as News
Web published at news.discovery.com November 10, 2010

Elizabeth Smart Case Busts Abduction Myths
Web published at news.discovery.com November 9, 2010

UFO Conspiracy Theories has Holes
Web published at news.discovery.com November 2, 2010

Chasing the Ghost Bird
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 34(4), May/June 2010

Vaccine-Autism Doctor Guilty of ‘Dishonesty,’ Study Retracted
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 34(4), May/June 2010

Mr. Pringle Solves Crop-Circle Mystery
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 34(4), May/June 2010

Miracle Coma Patient’s Story Told via Facilitate Communication
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 34(4), May/June 2010

CSI Investigation Used in University Critical Thinking Course
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 34(4), May/June 2010

Sweating the Small Stuff
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 34(4), May/June 2010

Outbreak! The Encyclopedia of Extraordinary Social Behaviors (book review)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 34(4), May/June 2010

The Truth About 9/11 Truthers
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 35(4), July/August 2010

The Mysterious Invisible ‘Rods’
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 34(4), May/June 2010

Limitless Brain Potential?
Web published at LiveScience.com March 16, 2011

The Reality of Holloway Suspect’s Insanity Plea
Web published at LiveScience.com March 10, 2011

Bigfoot Video: Blurriest One Yet?
Web published at LiveScience.com March 24, 2011

UFO Mystery Video Explained
Web published at LiveScience.com March 17, 2011

FBI’s UFO File: Proof of Roswell?
Web published at LiveScience.com April 16, 2011

Why Match.com Effort to Screen Sex Offenders Won’t Work
Web published at LiveScience.com April 18, 2011

Psychics Offer Tips in Search for Missing Woman Holly Bobo
Web published at LiveScience.com April 19, 2011

Proposed Law Fines Bad Psychics
Web published at LiveScience.com February 11, 2011

Real or Hoax: Lake Monster Photographed
Web published at LiveScience.com February 20, 2011

Egyptian Beheading Threats: A History of Decapitation
Web published at LiveScience.com February 4, 2011

Indian Court: Astrology is a Science
Web published at LiveScience.com February 14, 2011

Failed Predictions & Apocalypse
Web published at LiveScience.com January 3, 2011

Birds Falling from the Sky
Web published at LiveScience.com January 5, 2011

Tucson Shooter’s Conspiracy Beliefs
Web published at LiveScience.com January 12, 2011

Tips for Making Accurate Psychic Predictions
Web published at LiveScience.com January 3, 2011???

Exorcism and Reality Go Hollywood
Web published at LiveScience.com January 25, 2011

Are Facebook Cartoon Profile Pics Fighting Child Abuse?
Web published at LiveScience.com December 6, 2010

Do Hidden Bible Code Messages Warn of Nukes?
Web published at LiveScience.com December 8, 2010

Pope Blames 1970s Society for Pedophile Priests
Web published at LiveScience.com December 21, 2010

Virgin Mary Makes Trio of Holiday Appearances
Web published at LiveScience.com December 30, 2010

Lake Blob Identified as Alien Brozoan
Web published at LiveScience.com November 8, 2010

Denver’s ET Vote: UFO Commission
Web published at LiveScience.com November 2, 2010

Mystery Missile off LA Coast Possibly Jet Contrail
Web published at LiveScience.com November 9, 2010

Why the Opt Out Protest Failed
Web published at LiveScience.com November 24, 2010

Halloween Sex Offender App Fuels False Fears
Web published at news.discovery.com October 28, 2010

Body Parts! Get Your Body Parts Here!
Web published at news.discovery.com October 26, 2010

‘Catfish’ Film Exposes Lies, Mental Illness
Web published at news.discovery.com October 15, 2010

Chemical Attacks: Assault or Terrorism?
Web published at news.discovery.com October 13, 2010

Protests Over ‘The Dilemma’ Film’s Gay Language
Web published at news.discovery.com October 12, 2010

The Allure of Bad Statistics: Gay Teen Suicides and Online Predators
Web published at news.discovery.com October 8, 2010

Fraudulent Claims Surface in Gulf Coast
Web published at news.discovery.com October 8, 2010

Rutgers Suicide: Sex Columnist’s Simplistic Solution
Web published at news.discovery.com October 1, 2010

Why China Has Produced 8 UFO Sightings in 4 Months
Web published at LiveScience.com October 6, 2010

Bigfoot Cousins Claimed in Many Countries
Web published at LiveScience.com October 12, 2010

Was Rutger’s Clementi Suicide a Hate Crime?
Web published at LiveScience.com October 5, 2010

Is There a Gay Teen Suicide Epidemic?
Web published at LiveScience.com October 8, 2010

UFOs Sighted Over Manhattan
Web published at LiveScience.com October 14, 2010

Here to Hereafter: Can Psychics Really Talk to the Dead?
Web published at LiveScience.com October 20, 2010

Mysterious Livestock Attacks in Mexico… Chupacabra?
Web published at LiveScience.com September 8, 2010

The Culture of Blasphemy Among Non-Believers
Web published at LiveScience.com September 10, 2010

Devil in the Details? O’Donnell and Satanism
Web published at LiveScience.com September 20, 2010

Did UFOs Disarm Nuclear Weapons?
Web published at LiveScience.com September 30, 2010

Psychic Claim of Life on Mars Debunked
Web published at LiveScience.com August 23, 2010

Fidel Castro’s Conspiracy theories
Web published at LiveScience.com August 19, 2010

Medical Journal Retracts Jesus Miracle Paper
Web published at LiveScience.com August 13, 2010

Teen Girls Not Fooled by Airbrushed Images
Web published at LiveScience.com August 12, 2010

Why Americans Think Obama is Muslim
Web published at LiveScience.com August 19, 2010

African Belief in Magic and Witchcraft Poll
Web published at LiveScience.com August 30, 2010

Acts of God: Why Lightning Strikes Religious Symbols
Web published at LiveScience.com June 30, 2010

Swine Flu: The Epidemic that Wasn’t
Web published at LiveScience.com July 6, 2010

Home Births Increase Risk for Babies
Web published at LiveScience.com July 9, 2010

Avoidable Disasters: Major (and Deadly) Human Screw-Ups
Web published at LiveScience.com July 21, 2010

Ugly Beast Found in Texas: Another Chupacabra?
Web published at LiveScience.com July 15, 2010

Why Americans Think Obama is Muslim
Web published at news.discovery.com September 2, 2010

FAA: Requiring Airline Seats Endangers Children
Web published at news.discovery.com September 8, 2010

Media, Public Legitimize Koran Burning Pastor’s Fears
Web published at news.discovery.com September 9, 2010

Pastor Terry Jones and What The Koran Says
Web published at news.discovery.com September 13, 2010

Rumors Fly in the Wake of Devastation
Web published at news.discovery.com September 15, 2010

What’s in a Name? High Fructose Corn Syrup’s Pseudonym
Web published at news.discovery.com September 17, 2010

Acid Attack Hoax Spurs Racism
Web published at news.discovery.com September 20, 2010

Atheists Best Informed About Religion
Web published at news.discovery.com September 20, 2010

Study: Dogs can Detect Prostate Cancer
Web published at LiveScience.com June 17, 2010

70 Million Swine Flu Vaccine Doses Wasted
Web published at news.discovery.com July 2, 2010

Are The Elderly More Easily Scammed?
Web published at news.discovery.com July 6, 2010

Glucosamine Worthless For Back Pain
Web published at news.discovery.com July 8, 2010

Study: Cell Phone Towers Don’t Raise Cancer Risk
Web published at news.discovery.com July 10, 2010

Mel Gibson’s Rants: Are They Real?
Web published at news.discovery.com July 15, 2010

Inception’s Flawed Science and Logic
Web published at news.discovery.com July 18, 2010

Anatomy of a Fad: Aboard the Silly Bandz Wagon
Web published at news.discovery.com July 27, 2010

British Minister: Photos Dangerous to Body Image
Web published at news.discovery.com July 28, 2010

Human-Animal Hybrids: Splice
Web published at news.discovery.com June 2, 2010

Beautiful Math Equation Found in Crop Circle
Web published at LiveScience.com June 8, 2010

Physicist calls UFO Cover-Up Cosmic Watergate
Web published at LiveScience.com June 10, 2010

Mysterious Monster Washes Up on Canadian Shore
Web published at LiveScience.com May 24, 2010

Pope Nearly Endorses Shroud of Turin
Web published at LiveScience.com May 3, 2010

Indian Mystic Claims Not to Eat for 70 Years
Web published at LiveScience.com May 10, 2010

Reality of River Monsters
Web published at LiveScience.com May 5, 2010

Canadian Man Fights African Witchcraft Murders
Web published at news.discovery.com June 2, 2010

Is Chocolate Good for the Heart? It Depends.
Web published at news.discovery.com June 7, 2010

Experts: Kill, Don’t Clean, Oiled Birds
Web published at news.discovery.com June 8, 2010

Natalee Holloway: Serial Killer Victim?
Web published at news.discovery.com June 11, 2010

Reusable Shopping Bags: Green But Unclean
Web published at news.discovery.com June 25, 2010

Why Soccer is Rife with Cheating
Web published at news.discovery.com June 28, 2010

A Short History of Noah’s Ark Discoveries
Web published at news.discovery.com May 1, 2010

DNA Frees Innocent Man, but What About Eyewitnesses?
Web published at news.discovery.com May 7, 2010

NY Bomber CSI TNI: Good Reporting or Aiding Terror?
Web published at news.discovery.com May 5, 2010

Freddy Krueger and The Myth of Repressed Memories
Web published at news.discovery.com May 4, 2010

Man Claims to Survive Without Food
Web published at news.discovery.com May 11, 2010

Sandra Cantu Murder: How Rare Are Female Child Killers?
Web published at news.discovery.com May 12, 2010

How Different Are Male and Female Brains?
Web published at news.discovery.com May 20, 2010

Gulf Oil Spill: Natural, International Disaster
Web published at news.discovery.com May 27, 2010

Sack Tapping: Parents’ Threat Du Jour
Web published at news.discovery.com May 31, 2010

Yeti and other Mangy Monsters on the Rise
Web published at LiveScience.com April 8, 2010

Near-Death Experience Tied to Oxygen Deprivation
Web published at LiveScience.com April 19, 2010

Psychic Sorcerer Condemned to Death
Web published at LiveScience.com April 5, 2010

Is 3-D TV Dangerous?
Web published at LiveScience.com April 19, 2010

Mysterious Sheep-Pig’s Identity Revealed
Web published at LiveScience.com April 22, 2010

Runaway Toyotas: What’s the Real Risk?
Web published at LiveScience.com March 5, 2010

Ides of March: Diary of a Doomed Day
Web published at LiveScience.com March 15, 2010

New Toyota Troubles: Copycat Complaints?
Web published at LiveScience.com March 17, 2010

Solid Find: Natalee Holloway’s Body…. Or a Rock
Web published at LiveScience.com March 22, 2010

Viagra for Children?
Web published at news.discovery.com August 3, 2010

Study: If Asked, God May Improve Vision and Hearing
Web published at news.discovery.com August 5, 2010

What’s the Frequency, Kevin? Infomercial King Recycles ‘The Secret’
Web published at news.discovery.com August 9, 2010

Cancer Hoaxer Steals Funds, Goodwill
Web published at news.discovery.com August 12, 2010

Story Before Facts: Steven Slater’s Media Rise and Fall
Web published at news.discovery.com August 13, 2010

How Rare Are Female Child Killers?
Web published at news.discovery.com August 17, 2010

Big Fat Lies: Fibs Skew Obesity Statistics
Web published at news.discovery.com August 18, 2010

Was Toyota Right? Govt Tests Find No Flaws
Web published at news.discovery.com August 20, 2010

Facebook Friending Leads to Jail
Web published at news.discovery.com August 27, 2010

‘Orphan’ Film Adoption Fears Unfounded
Web published at news.discovery.com August 30, 2010

Why People Fake Illness
Web published at LiveScience.com February 17, 2010

Is Water Birth Safe?
Web published at LiveScience.com February 2, 2010

Sweat Lodges Can Be Deadly but Not Cleansing
Web published at LiveScience.com February 5, 2010

Link Between Vaccines and Autism Retracted
Web published at LiveScience.com February 2, 2010

Michele Obama and Obesity
Web published at LiveScience.com February 10, 2010

Tiger Woods and Sex Addiction
Web published at LiveScience.com February 18, 2010

When Does an Otter Look like a Drowning Man?
Web published at LiveScience.com February 18, 2010

New Chupacabra Revealed as Montauk Monster
Web published at LiveScience.com January 20, 2010

Vampires Among Us: Bats to Psychics
Web published at LiveScience.com January 7, 2010

Why Placebos Didn’t Kill Alexa Ray Joel
Web published at LiveScience.com January 14, 2010

Charles Darwin: Family Man, Scientist, and Skeptic
Web published at LiveScience.com January 21, 2010

To Haiti’s Long List of Curses, Add Pat Robertson
Web published at LiveScience.com January 14, 2010

Good and Bad Angels in Hollywood & Bible
Web published at LiveScience.com January 22, 2010

Obama the Muslim Antichrist? Survey says…
Web published at news.discovery.com April 5, 2010

Mining Disasters: Why ‘Never Happens Again’ Always Happens Again
Web published at news.discovery.com April 8, 2010

Breast Cancer and the ‘Fat Taboo’
Web published at news.discovery.com April 12, 2010

UK Government Study: Homeopathy Worthless
Web published at news.discovery.com April 19, 2010

How the Internet Fuels Cell Phone Scares
Web published at news.discovery.com April 21, 2010

Demonic Possession, Reincarnation, and Xenoglossia
Web published at news.discovery.com April 23, 2010

Losing Weight With the Placebo Effect?
Web published at news.discovery.com April 26, 2010

The CSI Effect: How TV Influences True Crime
Web published at news.discovery.com April 28, 2010

Alt Med Supplement Guru Nearly Killed By Own Product
Web published at news.discovery.com April 30, 2010

Amid Desperation, Fake Cures and False Hope in Haiti
Web published at news.discovery.com March 2, 2010

Missing Persons and Abductions Reveal Psychics’ Failures
Web published at news.discovery.com March 5, 2010

New TV Show Perpetuates Anorexia Myths
Web published at news.discovery.com March 8, 2010

Vatican Investigates ‘Virgin Mary Miracle’
Web published at news.discovery.com March 17, 2010

Human Error: Technology’s Weak Link
Web published at news.discovery.com March 23, 2010

E. Coli: Not Just for Carnivores Anymore
Web published at news.discovery.com March 24, 2010

Arrest in Girl’s Murder Highlights Sex Offender Myth
Web published at news.discovery.com March 26, 2010

Pope’s Saint-Making Miracle Questioned
Web published at news.discovery.com March 29, 2010

Hyperbaric Therapy for Autism: Airy Promises
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 34(1), January/February 2010

Cryptozoology Museum Opens in Maine
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 34(1), January/February 2010

Latest Texas ‘Chupacabra’ Exhibited in Creationist Museum
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 34(1), January/February 2010

Vaccine-Autism Doctor Guilty of ‘Dishonesty and Misleading Conduct’
Web published at news.discovery.com February 1, 2010

Celebrity Deaths: Homicidal and Accidental
Web published at news.discovery.com February 8, 2010

Good News Study: 3 out of 4 Teen Girls Happy with Their Bodies
Web published at news.discovery.com February 11, 2010

Miracle Coma Patient’s Inspiring Story Proved Fictional
Web published at news.discovery.com February 17, 2010

Mr. Pringle Solves Crop Circle Mystery
Web published at news.discovery.com February 19, 2010

King Tut’s Many Curses
Web published at news.discovery.com February 22, 2010

Who Said Tiger Was a Role Model?
Web published at news.discovery.com February 24, 2010

Jenny McCarthy Dismisses Pediatrics Study on Autism
Web published at news.discovery.com January 10, 2010

The Curious Case of Potato Pareidolia
Web published at news.discovery.com January 11, 2010

The Great Pyramids’ Amazing Non-Mysteries
Web published at news.discovery.com January 12, 2010

Do Animals have a ‘Sixth Sense’ About Earthquakes?
Web published at news.discovery.com January 14, 2010

Meteorologists as Climate Change Deniers?
Web published at news.discovery.com January 15, 2010

Diets Don’t Work’ a Dangerous Myth
Web published at news.discovery.com January 20, 2010

New Darwin Film Creates Controversy
Web published at news.discovery.com January 26, 2010

Bomb Detecting’ Dowsing Rod Demonstrates Danger of Pseudoscience
Web published at news.discovery.com January 27, 2010

Gingko Biloba and other ‘Natural’ Remedies May Be Dangerous
Web published at news.discovery.com January 28, 2010

Psychic Exploits Horrific Abduction Case
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 33(6), November/December 2009

The Myth of the Walking Tree
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 33(6), November/December 2009

10 Failed Doomsday Predictions
Web published at LiveScience.com November 4, 2009

The Truth about 2012 Doomsday Hype
Web published at LiveScience.com November 5, 2009

Review: As a Disaster Film, 2012 Succeeds
Web published at LiveScience.com November 12, 2009

Thinspiration: Do Web Sites Encourage Anorexia?
Web published at LiveScience.com November 19, 2009

The Real Science and History of Vampires
Web published at LiveScience.com November 30, 2009

Validity of Repressed Memories Challenged in Court
Web published at LiveScience.com September 15, 2009

New Shroud of Turin Evidence
Web published at LiveScience.com October 7, 2009

Chupacabra? Creationist Museum Displays Mystery Beast
Web published at LiveScience.com October 16, 2009

The World’s Greatest Hoaxes
Web published at LiveScience.com October 19, 2009

Investigator Checks out Haunted House for Sale
Web published at LiveScience.com October 21, 2009

Sex Offenders Not a Halloween Scare
Web published at LiveScience.com October 30, 2009

New Champ Lake Monster Video Surfaces
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 33(5), September/October 2009

Exercising the Brain Gym
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 33(5), September/October 2009

Modern-Day DaVinci’s ROM
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 33(5), September/October 2009

Cammy: A New Canadian Lake Monster?
Web published at LiveScience.com September 21, 2009

“Paranormal Acitivity” Disappointingly Normal
Web published at LiveScience.com October 1, 2009

Mermaid Sighting in Isreal
Web published at LiveScience.com August 13, 2009

Human-Dog Hybrid Hoax
Web published at LiveScience.com August 18, 2009

UK Health Program Encourages Masturbation
Web published at LiveScience.com July 14, 2009

Human Lifespan Nearly Constant for 2,000 Years
Web published at LiveScience.com August 21, 2009

Jaycee Dugard’s Abduction Case Highlights Psychic Failure
Web published at LiveScience.com August 12, 2009

The Truth Behind Secret Recipes
Web published at LiveScience.com July 7, 2009

40 Years After the Moon Landing…Why Are We No Smarter?
Web published at LiveScience.com July 16, 2009

Fetal Memories? Not so fast!
Web published at LiveScience.com July 21, 2009

CSI Solves New Jersey UFO Mystery
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 33(4), July/August 2009

Borneo’s River Monster Photo: Living Legend or Hoax?
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 33(4), July/August 2009

Michael Dennett, Skeptic and Bigfoot Investigator, Dies
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 33(4), July/August 2009

The Deadwood Ghost Photo (column)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 33(4), July/August 2009

Do Dinosaurs Still Exist?
Web published at LiveScience.com June 4, 2009

America’s Loch Ness Monster?
Web published at LiveScience.com June 5, 2009

Green Screens for Iran: How Much Does it Help?
Web published at LiveScience.com June 23, 2009

April’s Mom Hoax Played on Faith
Web published at LiveScience.com June 15, 2009

Forum on Betty and Barney Hills’ UFO Abduction
Haunting in Connecticut Revives Demons
The Obamas Visit ‘Haunted’ D.C. Hotel
Knowing Film Highlights Superstition
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, June 2009

Why We Mourn for Strangers
Web published at LiveScience.com May 10, 2009

Return of the Montauk Monster
Web published at LiveScience.com May 14, 2009

Flawed Survey Says 99% of Women Hate their Looks
Web published at LiveScience.com May 28, 2009

Cheney vx. Obama: Dueling Unprovable Claims
Web published at LiveScience.com May 25, 2009

Twitter: This Era’s Hula Hoop?
Web published at LiveScience.com May 21, 2009

Resurrection: A History of Myths
Web published at LiveScience.com April 9, 2009

Alien Abduction: Looking Back at America’s First Case
Web published at LiveScience.com April 17, 2009

The Reality of Reincarnation
Web published at LiveScience.com April 27, 2009

UFO Hoax was Social Experiment
Web published at LiveScience.com April 1, 2009

The Pseudoscience of Personalysis (column)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 33(3), May/June 2009

Ghosts, Doughnuts, and A Christmas Carol
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 33(3), May/June 2009

Curious Contrails: Death from the Sky?
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 33(2), March/April 2009

Why Evidence of the Paranormal Doesn’t Improve
Web published at LiveScience.com March 3, 2009

God’s Wrath Is Near (Again)
Web published at LiveScience.com March 10, 2009

The Psychology of “Knowing”
Web published at LiveScience.com March 19, 2009

The True Story Behind the Haunting in Connecticut
Web published at LiveScience.com March 26, 2009

The Remote Viewer
The Skeptic (Australia), March 2009

The Pseudoscience of “The Secret”
Web published at LiveScience.com February 3, 2009

100-Foot Borneo Monster Said Photographed
Web published at LiveScience.com February 19, 2009

Why Hollywood Serial Slashers Wear Masks
Web published at LiveScience.com February 13, 2009

Movie to “Push” Dubious Psychic Powers
Web published at LiveScience.com February 5, 2009

Why Obama’s Hotel is Haunted
Web published at LiveScience.com January 5, 2009

Top 5 Faked Meoirs
Web published at LiveScience.com January 12, 2009

NJ UFO Likely a Hoax
Web published at LiveScience.com January 6, 2009

Why People Fake their Deaths
Web published at LiveScience.com January 20, 2009

I Must Be Psychic: Benjamin Radford’s 2008 Predictions
Weekly Alibi newspaper, 18 (2), January 8 to 14, 2009

XanGo Juice: Miracle or Myth? (column)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 33(1), January/February 2009

Kansas Gym Ghost Video Mystery Solved
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 33(1), January/February 2009

Teen Self –Esteem May Be Too High
Web published at LiveScience.com December 5, 2008

Bernard Madoff Redefines Ponzi Scheme
Web published at LiveScience.com December 16, 2008

Senator’s Spontaneous Cure: Miracle or Misdiagnosis?
Web published at LiveScience.com December 11, 2008

Police Often Bungle Missing Child Cases
Web published at LiveScience.com December 24, 2008

Top 5 Predictions that Thankfully Failed
Web published at LiveScience.com December 30, 2008

Health Study Distorted by Media
Web published at LiveScience.com November 7, 2008

The Obama Conspiracies
Web published at LiveScience.com November 24, 2008

The Reality of Mysterious Medical Maladies
Web published at LiveScience.com November 20, 2008

Georgia Bigfoot Hoax Draws Global Attention
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 32(6), November/December 2008

Secrets of Spectacularly Skewered Skin (column)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 32(6), November/December 2008

The Value of Endorsements, from Hollywood to the Pulpit
Web published at LiveScience.com October 2, 2008

Stress and Suicide in Hard Times
Web published at LiveScience.com October 10, 2008

Safe Haven Laws Encourage Baby Disposal
Web published at LiveScience.com October 27, 2008

Kansas City Gym Ghost Mystery Solved
Web published at LiveScience.com October 14, 2008

Top Ten Scary Movies
Web published at LiveScience.com October 28, 2008

Hoax Led to Polygamist Sect Raid
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 32(5), September/October 2008

The Amazing Randi Strikes Again!
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 32(5), September/October 2008

The Sweet Spirit Sounds of Rosemary Brown (column)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 32(5), September/October 2008

Psychic’s False Sex Abuse Claim Threatens Family
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 32(5), September/October 2008

Autism and Vaccines: Why Bad Logic Trumps Science
Web published at LiveScience.com September 6, 2008

Why Thin Will Always Be In
Web published at LiveScience.com September 11, 2008

Fringe Science and Stargate
Web published at LiveScience.com September 18, 2008

The Flip Side of Flip-Flopping
Web published at LiveScience.com September 23, 2008

Popobawa! In Search of Zanzibar’s Bat-Winged Terror
Fortean Times magazine (London, England), 241, October 2008

Senator Pete’s Miracle Cure: A Closer Look
Weekly Alibi newspaper, 17 (51), December 18 to 24, 2008

Vaccine/Autism Link Again Refuted
Bad Journalism and Small Numbers: Statistical vs. Social Significance
New ‘Fringe’ TV Series Mines the Paranormal
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, December 2008

The Definitive KiMo Ghost
Weekly Alibi newspaper, 17 (43), October 23 to 29, 2008

A Skeptical Visit to Machu Picchu
Weekly Alibi newspaper, 17 (47), November 20 to 26, 2008

Teen Pregnancy Pact Just a Rumor
Web published at LiveScience.com July 5, 2008

Paranormal Investigations: Hellboy vs. Isaac Asimov
Web published at LiveScience.com July 10, 2008

Psychic Nearly Destroys Family
Web published at LiveScience.com July 17, 2008

Alarming Study on Teen Dating is Flawed
Web published at LiveScience.com July 24, 2008

Apollo Astronaut Believes in Aliens, Psychics, and Mystics
Web published at LiveScience.com July 26, 2008

Bigfoot Bounty: Reward Offered for Mysterious Creatures
Web published at LiveScience.com June 22, 2008

Aliens Ogled My Teen Daughters!
Web published at LiveScience.com June 15, 2008

The Water Shortage Myth
Web published at LiveScience.com June 23, 2008

Re: FWD: Beware Hoax E-mails!
Web published at LiveScience.com June 20, 2008

A Savage Hoax: The Cave Men Who Never Existed
Web published at LiveScience.com June 25, 2008

World to End in 2012: Check Back for Updates
Web published at LiveScience.com May 8, 2008

Secrets of the Real Crystal Skulls
Web published at LiveScience.com May 21, 2008

Hazing: Why Young Men Do It
Web published at LiveScience.com May 15, 2008

Texas Polygamy Case Based on a Lie
Web published at LiveScience.com May 22, 2008

Logic 101: Mayor Chavez vs. Sex Offenders
Weekly Alibi newspaper, 17 (15), April 10 to 16, 2008

Selling Secrets to Suckers
Weekly Alibi newspaper, 17 (17), April 24 to 30, 2008

Karmas and Dogmas
Weekly Alibi newspaper, 17 (11), March 13 to 19, 2008

Descansos: A Closer Look at Roadside Memorials
Weekly Alibi newspaper, 18 (12), March 26 to April 1, 2009

The Mysterious Phoenix Lights (column)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 32(4), July/August 2008

NASA’s Mysterious ‘Man on Mars’ Photo
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 32(3), May/June 2008

Pregnant Man: Real or Hoax?
Web published at LiveScience.com March 28, 2008

Study Debunks Web Predator Myths
Web published at LiveScience.com March 6, 2008

A Closer Look at Racist Conspiracies
Web published at LiveScience.com February 22, 2008

The Truth About Sensational Kidney Thefts
Web published at LiveScience.com February 19, 2008

Cheating in Sports: Oh, the Inequity!
Web published at LiveScience.com January 31, 2008

Why People Use Unproven Remedies
Web published at LiveScience.com March 14, 2008

Drug Company Conspiracy Debunked
Web published at LiveScience.com January 2, 2008

Bad Journalism Encourages Psychic Detectives
Web published at LiveScience.com November 27, 2007

Female Figure on Mars Just a Rock
Web published at LiveScience.com January 24, 2008

How UFOs and Bigfoot Could Save the Earth
Web published at LiveScience.com January 22, 2008

Britney vs. Hillary: The Role Model Myth
Web published at LiveScience.com January 16, 2008

Recession Worries Help Fuel Recession
Web published at LiveScience.com January 23, 2008

Can Dying People Hang in There for the Holidays?
Web published at LiveScience.com December 21, 2007

The Loch Ness Monster Returns to Hollywood
Web published at LiveScience.com December 19, 2007

Faked Abductions Common, Rarely Punished
Web published at LiveScience.com December 11, 2007

Men: Hidden Victims of Domestic Violence
Web published at LiveScience.com December 6, 2007

The Truth About the Abominable Snowman
Web published at LiveScience.com December 3, 2007

Ask the Skeptic (as Elmer Beauregard)
Weekly Alibi newspaper, 17 (13), March 27-April 2, 2008

Perfection Is All Around Us
Web published at LiveScience.com February 22, 2008

How I Became a Skeptic
Weekly Alibi newspaper, 17 (8), February 21-27, 2008

Haunt Your House… and Get Rich and Famous
Weekly Alibi newspaper, 17 (4), January 24-30, 2008

Talking to the Dead: Who’s Answering?
Weekly Alibi newspaper, 16 (49), December 6-12, 2007

Convincing Yourself—And Others—You Talk to the Dead
Weekly Alibi newspaper, 17 (7), December 6-12, 2008

A Closer Look at Psychic Predictions
Weekly Alibi newspaper, 16 (51), December 20-26, 2008

The Big Holiday Depression Myth
Web published at LiveScience.com November 21, 2007

Saving Birds After Oil Spills: Feels Good, Costs Fortune, Accomplishes Little
Web published at LiveScience.com November 13, 2007

Violence and Virginity Pledges: Do They Work?
Web published at LiveScience.com November 16, 2007

The Multiple Mysteries of Sybil
Web published at LiveScience.com April 17, 2008

Top Ten Conspiracy Theories
Web published at LiveScience.com April 15, 2008

Faith in Prayer Kills Children
Web published at LiveScience.com April 10, 2008

Mysterious Phoenix Lights a UFO Hoax
Web published at LiveScience.com April 17, 2008

Fat People Have Bigger Carbon Footprints
Web published at LiveScience.com April 30, 2008

Bark at the Moon (column)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 32(2), March/April 2008

Bad Journalism Misleads Public About Psychics
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 32(2), March/April 2008

Natalee Holloway Disappearance Unsolved; Case Closed
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 32(2), March/April 2008

The Science of Chemistry
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 32(1), January/February 2008

Haunting Evidence Follow-Up: TV Psychics Fail Again
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 32(1), January/February 2008

How to ‘Haunt’ a House
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 32(1), January/February 2008

Satellite Searches Could Spot Monsters
Missing Girl Case Highlights Real Threat
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, December 2007

The Other Side of the Story: Ghost Hunting
Skeptical Briefs, December 2007

How Monsters Are Made
Web published at LiveScience.com November 7, 2007

Capturing the Santa Fe ‘Courthouse Ghost’
Fortean Times magazine (London, England), 229, November 2007

Catching the Courthouse Spirit
Weekly Alibi newspaper, 16 (43), October 25-31, 2007

The Top Ten Most Famous Ghosts
Web published at LiveScience.com October 31, 2007

Frightening Trend: Ghost Tourism Booms
Web published at LiveScience.com October 29, 2007

Halloween Hysteria: Phantom Fears About Sex Offenders
Web published at LiveScience.com October 30, 2007

Real Problems Hidden Behind Thin Models
Web published at LiveScience.com October 11, 2007

Ghost Stories Haunt American Culture
Web published at LiveScience.com October 4, 2007

Interview with Roy Richard Grinker
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 31(6), November/December 2007

A Time to Die? (column)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 31(6), November/December 2007

Cartoon Seizures: Are They Real?
Web published at LiveScience.com September 27, 2007

Satellite Searches Could Spot Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster
Web published at LiveScience.com September 25, 2007

Warning: Life Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
Web published at LiveScience.com September 5, 2007

Loch Ness Monsters Surfaces Again
‘Prophetic’ Murder Mystery Solved
Numerology Fails Again: 7/7/2007 A Bust
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, September 2007

Suicide More Common Than Homicide
Web published at LiveScience.com August 29, 2007

Alternative Medicine Threatens Beasts With Extinction
Web published at LiveScience.com August 13, 2007

Spaceflight Less Safe Than You Think
Web published at LiveScience.com August 15, 2007

Killing With Kindness: America’s Big Fat Problem
Web published at LiveScience.com August 13, 2007

Corrales Library: A True Fish Story
Corrales Comment newspaper, August 11, 2007

Santa Fe ‘Courthouse Ghost’ Mystery Solved
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 31(5), September/October 2007

The (Non)Mysterious Orbs
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 31(5), September/October 2007

Returning Home, Searching for Corrales
Corrales Comment newspaper, April 21, 2007

Barbie Vs. Her Critics
Playthings magazine, February 2007

Randi’s Amazing Meeting Returns
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 31(3), May/June 2007

Superhero Science
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 31(4), July/August 2007

Might Fright Cause White? (column)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 31(4), July/August 2007

Philadelphia Psychics Shut Down, Then Allowed to Reopen
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 31(4), July/August 2007

Luck Turns Bad: First 7/7/7, not Friday the 13th
Web published at LiveScience.com July 12, 2007

Spooky Foretelling of Wrestler Benoit’s Death Debunked
Web published at LiveScience.com July 9, 2007

Phantom Clowns
Fortean Times magazine (London, England), 226, August 2007

The Green Crop-Circle Maker
Philadelphia Psychics Temporarily Shut Down
Frank Sinatra, Still Dead, Helps Record Album
Severed Head an Unlucky Charm
Canadian Member of Parliament Burned by Bigfoot
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, June 2007

Strange Things Do Happen at Full Moon
Web published at LiveScience.com June 13, 2007

New Video Not Likely Loch Ness Monster
Web published at LiveScience.com June 5, 2007

Sylvia Browne’s Biggest Blunder
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 31(3), May/June 2007

Secrets and Lies
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 31(3), May/June 2007

Measuring Near-Death Experience
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 31(3), May/June 2007

The Nonsense and Non-science of Sasquatch (book review)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 31(3), May/June 2007

Endangered Species Protection Sought for Bigfoot
Web published at LiveScience.com May 25, 2007

Public Farce: Pundits Clueless About School Shootings
Web published at LiveScience.com April 21, 2007

Traveler’s Notebook: Inverness, Scotland, April 2006
Corrales Comment newspaper, July 22, 2006

Male Pregnancy
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 31(2), March/April 2007

SciFi Investigates, Finds Only Pseudoscience
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 31(2), March/April 2007

New Report Casts Doubt on Gulf War Syndrome
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 31(1), January/February 2007

Soul Scales (column)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 31(1), January/February 2007

Mass Hysteria at Starpoint High
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 31(1), January/February 2007

Popular ‘Energy Healer’ Debunked
September 11 Children’s Book Teaches Numerology
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, December 2006

Documentaries Highlighted at High Falls Film Festival
Corrales Comment newspaper, December 16, 2006

La Importancia de la Investigacion y la Amenaza de los Mitos
Pensar magazine (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 4(1), Enero/Marzo 2006

Searching to Noah Vale (column)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 30(6), November/December 2006

Ghost Photos: A Close Look at the Paranormal
Web published at LiveScience.com October 30, 2006

Exorcisms, Fictional and Fatal
The Skeptic (Australia) 26(1) Autumn 2006

The Shady Side of Ghost Hunting
Web published at LiveScience.com October 27, 2006

Science Looks for Bigfoot, Finds Bison
The Skeptic (Australia) 26(3) Spring 2006

Mystery Monster Dogs Maine
Web published at LiveScience.com September 24, 2006

What Makes Ice Cubes Cloudy?
Web published at LiveScience.com September 22, 2006

Why Do Air Traffic Control Towers Have Slanted Windows?
Web published at LiveScience.com September 21, 2006

Do People Really Use Just 10 Percent of Their Brains?
Web published at LiveScience.com September 8, 2006

Noah’s Ark Discovered … Again and Again
Web published at LiveScience.com September 5, 2006

Alleged Psychic Convicted of Murder
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 30(5), September/October 2006

New Psychic Detective (Un)Reality Series: Haunting Evidence
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 30(5), September/October 2006

Predator Panic: A Closer Look
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 30(5), September/October 2006

Go, Go, Ghost Gadgets
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 30(5), September/October 2006

Pet Psychic Fails to Recover Gay Tabby
Bad Karma, Low Energy, and Poor Judgment
‘Real’ Psychic Debunks Fake Psychics
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, September 2006

CSI TV: Science or Psychics?
Web published at MediaMythmakers.com August 30, 2006

2006 Toronto Film Festival
Web published at RadfordReviews.com September 20, 2006

Body of Evidence (review)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 30(4), July/August 2006

Please Pass the Globster (column)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 30(4), July/August 2006

The Wrong Stuff: Men’s Magazine’s Psychic Columnist
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 30(4), July/August 2006

Medical ‘Miracles’ Not Supported by Evidence
Web published at LiveScience.com July 29, 2006

Digerdoo-Playing Psychic Tries to Steal Infant
Police Officer Suspended for Consulting Psychic
Ghost Gadgets! Get your ghost gadgets here!
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, June 2006

Turning From Science to Psychics
Searching to Noah Vale
The Skeptic (Australia) 26(4) Spring 2006

Stranger Danger: How Real Is It?
Web published at CSICOP.com April 8, 2006

The Mysterious Coral Castle: A Fanciful Myth
Web published at Livescience.com March 28, 2006

Body Image: Do We Have a Problem?
Web published at Skepchick.org March 15, 2006

The Education of Shelby Knox
Free Inquiry magazine, 26(3), April/May 2006

Fat and Happy: Why Most People Don’t Diet
Web published at Livescience.com March 2, 2006

Cuarto ‘Encuentro Asombroso’ de James Randi
Pensar magazine (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 3(2), Abril/Junio 2006

Ghost Hunters Arrested
Psychic’s Crystal Ball Torches Apartment
Psychics Still, Yet Again, Fail to Locate Missing Persons
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, March 2006

Rare Woodpecker, Presumed Extinct, Found in Arkansas
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 30(2), March/April 2006

‘Natural’ Childbirth (column)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 30(2), March/April 2006

Art Bell’s Show Broadcasts Sylvia Browne Failure about Mine Tragedy
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 30(2), March/April 2006

Examining the Self-Esteem Crisis Myth
Web published at Mediamythmakers.com February 8, 2006

Superbowl Surprise: A Self-Esteem Ad
Web published at Livescience.com February 6, 2006

Science Sheds Light on Giant Squid
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 30(1), January/February 2006

Science Looks for Bigfoot but Finds Bison
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 30(1), January/February 2006

The First Ibero-American Conference on Critical Thinking
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 30(1), January/February 2006

Geller Revisited (column)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 30(1), January/February 2006

Ogopogo the Chameleon
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 30(1), January/February 2006

News Media Exploits Mine Tragedy
Web published at Mediamythmakers.com January 8, 2006

Deconstructing Barbie
Web published at Skepchick.org Issue 1, January 15, 2006

Star Wars Episode 6: Revenge of the Sith
The Open Society magazine (New Zealand), 77(4), Summer 2004 (pub 2005)

The Science of Sea Monsters
Web published at Livescience.com December 9, 2005

The Aristocrats
The Open Society magazine (New Zealand), 78(2), Winter 2005

Fertile Seeds in Fallow Ground
The Open Society magazine (New Zealand), 78(1), Autumn 2005

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy / Brothers Grimm
The Open Society magazine (New Zealand), 78(1), Autumn 2005

Dark Tales in Latin America
South American Explorer, Summer 2005, Issue 79

The High Falls Film Festival 2005
Web published at Radfordreviews.com November 14, 2005

The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Web published at Radfordreviews.com September 28, 2005

Reality Check: Video Game Violence
Web published at Mediamythmakers.com December 14, 2005

Bigfoot in Life and Legend (book review)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 29(6), November/December 2005

New-Agey Feldenkrais (column)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 29(6), November/December 2005

Woman Fakes Abduction and Rape to Ditch Date
Bigfoot Fiasco on Pay-Per-View
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, December 2005

Teen in Aruba, Others Still Missing Despite Psychics
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 29(6), November/December 2005

Plane Crash Survival: Miracle or Skill and Science?
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 29(6), November/December 2005

Kate Moss in no Role Model
Web published at Livescience.com September 27, 2005

The News Media’s Dismal Hurricane Katrina Coverage
Web published at Livescience.com September 25, 2005

The Mythical ‘Miracle’ Plane Crash
Free Inquiry magazine, 25(6), October/November 2005

The Politics of Media Reform
Free Inquiry magazine, 25(6), October/November 2005

The News Media’s Dismal Hurricane Katrina Coverage
Web published at Radfordreviews.com September 28, 2005

Report from the 30th Toronto Film Festival
Web published at Radfordreviews.com September 24, 2005

Chasing Cressie
The Downhomer magazine (St. John’s, Newfoundland), September 2005

Rotting from the Head down: The Bush Administration’s Moral Decay
Web published at RadfordReviews.com August 26, 2005

Deadly Rituals: Nun Dies During Convent Exorcism
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 29(5), September/October 2005

Issac Newton, Astrologer? (column)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 29(5), September/October 2005

Exorcisms, Fictional and Fatal
Web published at Livescience.com August 30, 2005

Psychics Yet Again Fail to Locate Missing Persons
Mayor Uses Public Money for Psychics
JAMA Study Debunks Cherished ‘Will to Live’ Myth
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, September 2005

Police, Psychics Search for ‘Abducted’ Runaway Bride
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 29(4), July/August 2005

Leyendas urbanas sobre el robo de organos
Pensar magazine (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 2(3), July/September 2005

‘World’s Most Documented Psychic’ Fails to Find Abducted Granddaughter
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 29(4), July/August 2005

Labyrinths and “Alternative” Medicine
The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine, 8(2), Fall/Winter 2004-2005

Psychics Again Fail to Locate Missing Persons
Chupacabra Identified as Jenny
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, June 2005

Academy Award-nominated Film Promotes False Hopes
Web published at LiveScience.com February 28, 2005

News Media Ignores Cluster of Murderous Moms
Web published at MediaMythmakers.com February 27, 2005

De-Ghosting The Amityville Horror
Skeptical Briefs newsletter, March 2005

‘World-renowned Psychic’ Charged in Theft
Hoax E-mail Used in Effort to Bring Soldier Home
Brain Discovery Helps Explain Eyewitness Unreliability
Herbal Cold Remedy Found Worthless
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, March 2005

Psychic Detectives Fail in the Real World but Succeed on TV
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 29(2), March/April 2005

Despite Popularity, Psychic Detectives Fail to Perform
Web published at Livescience.com February 4, 2005

Ringing False Alarms: Skepticism and Media Scares
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 29(2), March/April 2005

Media Mythmaking 101: Katie Couric’s “The 411 on Teens and Sex”
Web published at Mediamythmakers.com January 28, 2005

Psychics (Don’t) Explain Missing September 11
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 29(1), January/February 2005

Critics Ravage ‘Hoax’ New Age Film
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 29(1), January/February 2005

Giving up the Ghosts
Web published at Livescience.com December 10, 2004

‘Miracle’ Plane Crash Kills 13
Missouri UFO Mystery Solved
Zombie Cowrites Bigfoot Comic
Mass Hysteria Hits British School
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, December 2004

Glory, Honour, Love, Revenge (etc)
The Open Society magazine (Auckland, New Zealand), 77(1), Autumn 2004

Defying Entropy: A Jungle Hiking Primer
South American Explorer magazine, 76, Summer 2004

Say Goodbye to Voice-over Artists
Web published at RadfordReviews.com December 8, 2004

Senate Intelligence Committee Highlights Need for Skeptical Inquiry
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 28(6), November/December 2004

Rwanda Revisited: Hotel Rwanda
Web published at Radfordreviews.com December 21, 2004

Prayers, Psychics Fail to Find Missing Women
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 28(6), November/December 2004

Fortuneteller Allowed at Fair Despite Law
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 28(6), November/December 2004

Say Goodbye to Voice-over Artists
Web published at Radfordreviews.com December 8, 2004

New Details Emerge About Psychic’s Airline Bomb Threat Tip
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 28(6), November/December 2004

Mysterious Horse Attacks Solved
Dead Mouse Leads to Arrest
Deputy Arrested for False Report
Persons Remain Missing Despite Psychics
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, September 2004

Labyrinths: Mazes and Myths
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 28(5), September/October 2004

Psychic’s False Bomb Tip Cancels Flight
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 28(4), July/August 2004

The Real Story Behind The Exorcist
Web published at www.csicop.org August 18, 2004

Niagara Indie Film Festival
Web published at Radfordreviews.com July 7, 2004

Acupuncture Claimed to Ease Headaches
Hypodermic Needles in Hamburgers?
Ohio Sniper Case Evidence Hoaxed
Psychic’s False Bomb Tip Cancels Flight
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, June 2004

Reports: Policy, Not Science, Drives Bush Administration
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 28(3), May/June 2004

Hooking for Hype: Quote Whores and Fake Reviewers
Web published at Radfordreviews.com March 15, 2004

Lady and the Champ
Fortean Times, March 2004, Issue 182

Mel Gibson’s Controversial New Film The Passion of the Christ
Web published at RadfordReviews.com February 26, 2004

Walking Among the Dead
Skeptical Briefs newsletter, March 2004

Iowa Chiropractor Suspended
Autism Drug Found Worthless
‘Summer of the Lake Monsters’ Claimed
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, March 2004

Canadian Defendants Victorious in Ritual Abuse Case
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 28(2), March/April 2004

Investigating a Haunted House-Amherst, New York
Web published at Ghostvillage.com January 29, 2004

El Mito del Diez Por Ciento
Pensar magazine (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 1(1), January/March 2004

Studies Clear Childhood Vaccine of Links to SIDS, Autism
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 28(1), January/February 2004

Psychic and Faith Healer Convicted of Girl’s Sexual Assault
Famous Psychic Detective Fails to Find Laci Peterson
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, December 2003

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Real or Reel?
Web published at RadfordReviews.com October 9, 2003

How Cryptozoologists Created a Monster
Skeptical Briefs newsletter, September 2003

A Weekend at the 28th International Toronto Film Festival
Web published at RadfordReviews.com September 12, 2003

Loch Ness Search Comes Up Empty–Again
Norwegian UFO: Unfortunate Feline Observation
Parents, Police, and Physicians Once Again Respond to Annual Hoax
Skin-So-Soft Fails the Repellent Test
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, September 2003

Musician Warren Zevon Dead at 56
Web published at RadfordReviews.com September 11, 2003

How Investigator Bias Can Create a Monster
BCSCC Journal (Vancouver, Canada), Issue 50, Summer 2003

Capturing the Friedmans and Questioning Justice
Web published at RadfordReviews.com July 29, 2003

Cinema in Rural Newfoundland
Web published at RadfordReviews.com July 11, 2003

The Measure of a Monster: Investigating the Champ Photo
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 27(4), July/August 2003

Organ Theft Legend Resurfaces in Mexico Border Slayings
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 27(4), July/August 2003

Colossal Squid ‘Sea Monster’ Found
Michigan ‘Psychic’ Convicted
Underwater Birthing Safety Questioned
Woman Rejects Traditional Medicine, Nearly Starves Infant
Galapagos Sea Lions Killed for Body Parts
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, June 2003

The Babysitters at Hollywood and Vine
Web published at RadfordReviews.com June 9, 2003

A Tour of the Halls of Flummery
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 27(3), May/June 2003

Bigfoot Hoaxer Dies; Legacy Lives On
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 27(2), March/April 2003

Movie Myths (aka Legends of Film, Hilarious)
Web published at RadfordReviews.com April 4, 2003

Fortunetelling in Film: The Final Destination Movies
Skeptical Briefs newsletter, March 2003

Lessons and Loss in the Columbia Space Shuttle
Skeptical Briefs newsletter, March 2003

Maryland Sniper Case Highlights Fallibility of Eyewitness Testimony
Racially Divisive NYC Case Based on False Confessions
‘Dying Daughter’ Revealed as Hoax
Mother Tells Daughter to Falsely Report Child Abuse
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, March 2003

Briefs Crossword Challenge (crossword puzzle)
Skeptical Briefs newsletter, March 2003

Traveler’s Notebook: Marrakesh, Morocco, 2001
Corrales Comment newspaper, February 22, 2003

Pop Singer’s Death Reveals Visit to New Age ‘Miracle Worker’
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 27(1), January/February 2003

Simplified Skepticism Suffers (review of K.I.S.S. Guide to the Unexplained)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 26(6), November/December 2002

Psychics Wrong About Chandra Levy
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 26(6), November/December 2002

Briefs Briefs (column)
Skeptical Briefs newsletter, December 2002

Briefs Crossword Challenge (crossword puzzle)
Skeptical Briefs newsletter, December 2002

Water Intoxication Kills Girl; Alternative Medicine Link Alleged
New Astrology Book Unknowingly Debunks Astrology
Pop Singer’s Death Reveals Visits to Pan-African, New Age ‘Miracle Worker’
Baby Starves; Religious Group Gives Prayer Instead of Food
Briefs Briefs column, Skeptical Briefs, December 2002

Fourth World Skeptics Conference Report
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 26(5), September/October 2002

Messages From Beyond at a Spiritualist Meeting
The REALL News, 10(10), October 2002

Pop Singer’s Death Reveals Visits to Pan-African Healer
African Americans for Humanism Examiner, Summer 2002

New Age, Paranormal Topics Influenced Alleged Terrorist Luke Helder
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 26(4), July/August 2002

Messages From Beyond at a Spiritualist Meeting
Skeptical Briefs newsletter, June 2002

Living Legends (review of Aliens, Ghosts, and Cults)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 26(3), May/June 2002

Rash of Mysterious Rashes May Be Linked to Mass Hysteria
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 26(3), May/June 2002

Bigfoot at 50: Evaluating a Half-Century of Bigfoot Evidence
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 26(2), March/April 2002

Science and Religion: The Conference
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 26(2), March/April 2002

Skepticism on the Half-Shell
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 26(1), January/February 2002

John Edward’s Televised Tragedy SÈance Scrapped
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 26(1), January/February 2002

Religion on the Roadside
Free Inquiry, Winter 2001/2002

U-Haul Moves into the Paranormal
Skeptical Briefs newsletter, December 2001

Living Skepticism
Skeptical Briefs newsletter, September 2001

Mundos en Conflicto: Aplicando la Realidad a lo Paranormal
Neo-Skepsis magazine (Lima, Peru), Issue 3, July 2001

“Psychic Flies” Feed on Levy Disappearance
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 25(6), November/December 2001

A Mammoth Book Unsolving the Paranormal
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 25(6), November/December 2001

PokÈmon Panic
Fortean Times magazine (London, England), Issue 149, August 2001

Rebirthing Update: Therapists Convicted, Therapy Outlawed in Colorado
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 25(4), July/August 2001

CSICOP Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Skeptical Briefs newsletter, June 2001

The PokÈmon Panic of 1997
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 25(3), May/June 2001

Urban Legend Makes International News
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 25(3), May/June 2001

Tabloid Busts Fox TV on Pyramid Special
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 25(2), March/April 2001

Supernatural on the Streets: The Paranormal in Toronto Street News
Skeptical Briefs newsletter, March 2001

PokÈmon Contagion: Photosensitive Epilepsy or Mass Psychogenic Illness?
Southern Medical Journal, 94(1), February 2001

Hotbed of Skepticism
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 25(1), January/February 2001

Buffalo Psychic Y2K Predictions Go Bust
Skeptical Briefs newsletter, December 2000

CSICOP Firewalk Teaches the Public About Physics
Skeptical Briefs newsletter, December 2000

Worlds in Collision: Applying Reality to the Paranormal
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 24(6), November/December 2000

Hating in the Name of God
African Americans for Humanism Examiner newsletter, Fall 2000

Kidney Devils
Fortean Times magazine (London), Issue 138, September 2000

Fighting the Paranormal in Peru
Skeptical Briefs newsletter, September 2000

New Age ‘Rebirthing’ Treatment Kills Girl
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 24(5), September/October 2000

New York Jury Finds Alternative Medicine Doctor Negligent in Patient’s Death
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 24(5), September/October 2000

On Beliefs and Missing Days
Free Inquiry magazine, Fall 2000

‘100% True! This Is Not a Joke!’
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 24(5), September/October 2000

Neuromythologies
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 24(4), July/August 2000

Usiamo piu del dieci per cento del cervello (per favore)
Scienza & Paranormale magazine (Rome, Italy) 32(8), July/August 2000

Dr. Scholl’s Steps Into Pseudoscience with Magnetic Insoles
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 24(4), July/August 2000

Nostradamus 1999 Predictions Miss (Again)
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 24(3), May/June 2000

The Ten-Percent Myth
The Beacon magazine (Hamrun, Malta), Vol. 3 Winter 1999

Religious Right Dogs Dogma
Free Inquiry magazine, Winter 1999/2000

The Flawed Guide to Bigfoot
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 24(1), January/February 2000

Woman Convicted During Sex Abuse Hysteria Released
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 24(1), January/February 2000

August 11 Eclipse Feeds Superstition, Fears
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 23(6), November/December 1999

False Memory News
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 23(6), November/December 1999

Sorcerers and Psychics in Politics
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 23(5), September/October 1999

Psychic Hotline Provider Accused of Fraud
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 23(6), September/October 1999

Christian Police Officer Tortures Immigrant
African Americans for Humanism Examiner newsletter, Fall 1999

How I Became a Skeptic
Skeptical Briefs newsletter, September 1999

Scam Fortune Teller Arrested, Sentenced to Prison for Fraud
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 23(4), July/August 1999

FBI Enlisted Psychic in TWA 800 Investigation
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 23(4), July/August 1999

Peruvians Claim Miracle Mud Baths from Aliens
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 23(3), May/June 1999

Bitter Harvest: The Organ-Snatching Urban Legends
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 23(3), May/June 1999

Calling the Kettle Black: Fox Television’s ‘World’s Greatest Hoaxes’
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 23(3), May/June 1999

The Ten-Percent Myth
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 23(2), March/April 1999

Tapes Said to Show Sybil’s Multiple Personalities Bogus
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 25(1), January/February 1999

Council Against Health Fraud Concerned About Veterinary Pseudoscience
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 22(6), November/December 1998

Folk Beliefs May Increase Cancer Deaths
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 22(5), September/October 1998

State Attorney General Targets ‘Psychic’ Gadget Fraud
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 22(2), March/April 1998

Survey Finds 70% of Women, 48% of Men Believe in Paranormal
Skeptical Inquirer magazine, 22(2), March/April 1998

Local Authors Find Corrales Seclusion an Asset
Corrales Comment newspaper, February 7, 1998

Dutchman Treks to Corrales From Africa on Cycle
Corrales Comment newspaper, June 21, 1997

Memories of the Grade School Playground
Corrales Comment newspaper, May 10, 1997

Likichiri: Menace or Myth?
Bolivian Times newspaper (La Paz, Bolivia), May 9, 1996

Door Whore and other New Mexico Restaurant Slang
Maledicta Journal, Vol. 11, 1990-1995

Film Review column
Corrales Comment newspaper, March 1994 to present