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Following the announcement that President-elect Donald Trump has selected Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to run the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Inquiry (CFI) President and CEO Robyn Blumner issued the following statement: “Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is wholly unqualified and manifestly unfit to lead America’s top public health agency—or any public …

The Center for Inquiry is dedicated to promoting reason, science, and secular values. That has been true since this organization was founded. It was true yesterday. And it remains true today. It is likely that the election results will usher in efforts at retrenchment on all three fronts, but that’s not the end of the …

CFIIG Web Series SkeptiLab: The Bunk Stops Here! Debunks Weird Claims … with Celebrity Assists Los Angeles, CA: What do Andy Richter (Conan), Matt Walsh (Veep), Julia Sweeney (Saturday Night Live), Jim O’Heir (Parks and Recreation), Phil LaMarr (Futurama, Samurai Jack), Annabelle Gurwitch (Dinner and a Movie), and Adam Felber (Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me!) …

Today’s religious right wing and their enablers on the Supreme Court are not just poised to abolish the separation of church and state; they seem determined to repeal all modern progress made by humanity in the past 300 years by repealing the very Enlightenment itself. Join us on Thursday, September 5, at 7:00 p.m. ET …

The world of mental healthcare is very much caveat emptor: buyer beware. Today, people looking to care for their mental health face a market with at least 600 “brands” of psychotherapy—and counting. Most are ineffective, and many could be harmful. The $5.6 trillion dollar wellness industry includes countless unregulated providers of mental health services looking …

The Center for Inquiry (CFI) has released  a redesigned homepage for its flagship website, centerforinquiry.org. For decades, the nonprofit Center for Inquiry has been a leading advocate for promoting reason, science, and secular values around the world. The homepage redesign seeks to emphasize that history while showcasing the many active programs and initiatives that CFI …

$500,000. It should be easy money for the right person. The Center for Inquiry Investigations Group (CFIIG) Paranormal Challenge offers a $500,000 prize to anyone who can demonstrate any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power under scientific testing conditions. It is, by far, the world’s largest prize for scientifically proving superpowers—and it’s never been claimed successfully.  …

Multiple controversies over the teaching of evolution in public schools have rocked the nation over the past century. Evolution’s foes have consistently used the same arguments, but their ambitions have shifted: from outright banning the teaching of evolution to “balancing” it with a supposed alternative to blunting it through claims that evolution is scientifically disputed.  …

The American public is increasingly skeptical of experts, including scientists, healthcare professionals, and other researchers. Many experts respond by sharing more facts and information and/or bemoaning the lack of science literacy. Laura Lindenfeld believes there is another, more effective way to rebuild public trust in science and research. Join Skeptical Inquirer Presents on Thursday, June …

Yesterday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected a challenge to the Food and Drug Administration’s initial approval of and ongoing ability to regulate the abortion drug mifepristone. The Court ruled that the plaintiffs, an organization of anti-abortion doctors called the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, “lack Article III standing to challenge FDA’s actions.” CFI General …