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Vol. 22, No. 2, March/April 1998

Special Report
The Price of Bad Memories
The tide is turning in the repressed memory controversy -- fewer individuals are suing family members for alleged past abuse, and more therapists are being held accountable for planting false memories. But can we walk away from this controversy now?
Elizabeth F. Loftus
Articles
Science, Delusion, and the Appetite for Wonder
Science runs the gamut from the tantalizingly surprising to the deeply strange. It is well qualified to feed our human need for wonder and mystery.
Richard Dawkins

A Mind at Play
An Interview with Martin Gardner
At age eighty-three, polymath Martin Gardner still delights in learning something new and, luckily for us, in sharing it with others. In this SI interview, Gardner, one of the most highly regarded intellects of the twentieth century and scourge of pseudoscientists, shares his thoughts on philosophy, mathematics, magic, religion, science, and fringe-science.
Kendrick Frazier

Houdini and Conan Doyle
The Story of a Strange Friendship
The fascinating tale of the Magician and the Knight. They were both profoundly attracted by spiritualism, and yet their opinions were completely opposed.
Massimo Polidoro

Spontaneous Human Combustion
Thoughts of a Forensic Biologist
Paranormal proponents and popular articles are quick to attribute certain dramatic fire-death characteristics to an unknown or bizarre power source, but in all such deaths documented in forensic literature, there has been no need to resort to bizarre interpretations to account for the observed facts.
Mark Benecke

Columns
Notes of a Fringe-Watcher
Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?
Martin Gardner

Investigative Files
Fiery Tales That Spontaneously Destruct
 Joe Nickell

Psychic Vibrations
Maharishi Management University's Frequent Fliers
 Robert Sheaffer

Conference Report
Science in the Public Eye
Will Cooper

Follow-up
Bible-Code Developments
David E. Thomas

New Books

Articles of Note

Editor's Note

Letters to the Editor

   Forum

Media Watch

  • PBS's Firing Line Creation/Evolution Debate Scores Well for Scientific View
    Christopher K. Frazier

  • Skepticism in Action:
    Simpsons Religion vs. Science Episode
    Marshall Berman

  • Scientific American Frontiers Episode `Beyond Science'
    Matthew Nisbet

  • Frontline Series Wins Top TV Journalism Award

News and Comment

  • Two Views on Acupuncture: NIH and SRAM Dispute Validity, Efficacy
  • Sandia Scientists Sign Statement on Validity of Earth Dating
  • A Victory in Australia: Creation Science Foundation Removes `Science' from Name
  • State Attorney General Targets `Psychic' Gadget Fraud
  • Survey Finds 70% of Women, 48% of Men Believe in Paranormal
  • Everyone's a Critic: `Houdini' Gives Play Thumbs Down

Book Reviews
The Day After Roswell The Day After Roswell
by Col. Philip J. Corso (Ret.) with William J. Birnes
Reviewed by Brad Sparks

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