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March/April 2026

The Chroniclers of Curiosity

Volume 50, No. 2

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Organizing Doubt: Before CSICOP Had a Name
 Volume 50, No. 2
March/April 2026
Massimo Polidoro

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of columns from Massimo Polidoro as he recounts stories from the history of the modern skeptical movement and the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP). Before CSICOP had a name, a mission, or a public...

 
Nancy Guthrie Disappearance Highlights Psychic Failure
 March 31, 2026
Benjamin Radford

As March 2026 comes to a close it has been two months since the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, the octogenarian mother of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie, from her home in Tucson, Arizona. Guthrie...

 
Is It Time We Stop Publishing Acupuncture Research from China?
 March 31, 2026
Nick Tiller

Science is messy. The road from proposal to publication is littered with flawed studies, failed hypotheses, and profound disagreements. In a functioning research culture, this isn’t a defect but a...

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