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Articles in March-April 1998 issue of Skeptical Inquirer

• Survey finds 70% of women, 48% of men believe in paranormal
  by Benjamin Radford
• Spontaneous human combustion: thoughts of a forensic biologist
  by Mark Benecke
• Everyone's a critic: 'Houdini' gives play thumbs down - musical play performed on Harry Houdini's death anniversary
  by Ken Feder
• The Day After Roswell. - book reviews
  by Brad Sparks
• Did Adam and Eve have navels?
  by Martin Gardner
• Cutting the magic in half: a two-edged sword - exposing magicians' secrets
  by Edward Summer
• Fiery tales that spontaneously destruct - reports on spontaneous human combustion - includes an investigative chronology based on a published photograph
  by Joe Nickell
• Science, delusion, and the appetite for wonder
  by Richard Dawkins
• PBS's Firing Line creation/evolution debate scores well for scientific view - Public Broadcasting System
  by Christopher K. Frazier
• Bible-Code developments
  by David E. Thomas
• Maharishi Management University's frequent fliers - Yogic Flying Club members
  by Robert Sheaffer
• Why the world is not my idea … or George's - existence of the universe
  by Ralph Estling
• The price of bad memories - malpractice suits by former patients against therapists - Special Report
  by Elizabeth Loftus
• Science in the public eye
  by Will Cooper
• Two views on acupuncture: NIH and SRAM dispute validity, efficacy - National Institutes of Health; Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine
• A mind at play: an interview with Martin Gardner - author of mathematics and science books - Interview
  by Kendrick Frazier
• 32 Sandia scientists sign statement on validity of Earth dating - Sandia National Laboratories
  by Kendrick Frazier
• Houdini and Conan Doyle: the story of a strange friendship
  by Massimo Polidoro