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Cramp: The Quackbuster Who Professionalized American Medicine</a></p> <p class="author">Robert Blaskiewicz and Mike Jarsulic</p> <p class="title unavailable">Autism Wars: Science Strikes Back</p> <p class="author unavailable"><a href="/web/20190109043402/https://www.csicop.org/author/stuart_vyse">Stuart Vyse</a></p> <p class="title unavailable">A Detailed Primer in Fighting Wildlife Crime</p> <p class="author unavailable"><a href="/web/20190109043402/https://www.csicop.org/author/bobladendorf">Bob Ladendorf</a></p> <p class="title unavailable">Channeling Ancient African Wisdom—or Not</p> <p class="author unavailable"><a href="/web/20190109043402/https://www.csicop.org/author/benradford">Benjamin Radford</a></p> <p class="title"><a href="/web/20190109043402/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/diving_into_the_vaers_dumpster_fake_news_about_vaccine_injuries">Diving into the VAERS Dumpster</a></p> <p class="author"><a href="/web/20190109043402/https://www.csicop.org/author/harriethall">Harriet Hall</a></p> <p class="title"><a href="/web/20190109043402/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/essential_oils_one_weird_workshop">Essential Oils: One Weird Workshop</a></p> <p class="author">Susan Gould</p> <p class="title unavailable">Grand Illusions and Existential Angst</p> <p class="author unavailable">Committee for Skeptical Inquiry</p> <p class="title"><a href="/web/20190109043402/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/how_we_believe">How We Believe</a></p> <p class="author"><a href="/web/20190109043402/https://www.csicop.org/author/harriethall">Harriet Hall</a></p> <p class="title"><a href="/web/20190109043402/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/the_ecomodernists_a_new_way_of_thinking_about_climate_change_and_human_prog">The Ecomodernists</a></p> <p class="author"><a href="/web/20190109043402/https://www.csicop.org/author/mattnisbet">Matt Nisbet</a></p> <p class="title"><a href="/web/20190109043402/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/the_salton_sea_flat_earth_test_when_skeptics_meet_deniers">The Salton Sea Flat Earth Test: When Skeptics Meet Deniers</a></p> <p class="author"><a href="/web/20190109043402/https://www.csicop.org/author/jimunderdown">Jim Underdown</a></p> <p class="title unavailable">Those Supposed Aliens Might Be Worms</p> <p class="author unavailable">David Zeigler</p> <p class="title unavailable">Thoughts on Visiting Darwin’s Home, Down House</p> <p class="author unavailable"><a href="/web/20190109043402/https://www.csicop.org/author/kendrickfrazier">Kendrick Frazier</a></p> <p class="title"><a href="/web/20190109043402/https://www.csicop.org/si/show/ufos_why_humanoid_aliens_why_so_varied">UFOs: Why Humanoid Aliens? 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