From the Richard Dawkins Foundation Newsletter. Subscribe here. Hello! Richard Dawkins is quite possibly the world’s most famous atheist, so it follows that the Foundation that bears his name would be assumed to be an “atheist organization.” And truly, the Richard Dawkins Foundation (with its umbrella organization the Center for Inquiry) passionately champions the rights of …

From legendary magicians like Harry Houdini and James Randi to today’s great mentalists and illusionists such as Banachek, Mark Edward, and Dustin Dean, true masters of the art fill us with awe without lying about having supernatural powers. On a very special Skeptical Inquirer Presents online event, hundreds of live viewers were treated to a fascinating conversation with …

Is it getting cold in here, or is it just the giant tank of liquid nitrogen?  Physiologist Nick Tiller made a big splash with his recent talk on Skeptical Inquirer Presents, where he unpacked the problem of pseudoscience’s enormous influence in the sports, wellness, and fitness industries. It’s a big topic, with thousands of examples …

The U.S. Supreme Court has recently heard arguments in the case of Ramirez v. Collier, in which a death row inmate is seeking to have his pastor in the room with him as he is lethally injected, and that his pastor be allowed to make physical contact with him to help guide his soul to the …

Julia Sweeney is best known as a brilliant actress and comedian of Saturday Night Live fame, but our community also knows her as the taboo-shattering cultural figure who spoke and wrote movingly about her own journey from belief to atheism well before it was cool, in particular with her one-woman stage plays, Letting Go of God and God Said Ha! …

Last month, creationism apologist Ken Ham used the sudden death of our friend and colleague, Free Inquiry Editor Tom Flynn, as an opportunity to raise money for his thoughtless think tank Answers in Genesis and his alternative-history pseudo-museum the Ark Encounter, telling his followers “to do all we can to help undo the work of Tom Flynn.” …