Volume 17 Number 1, Spring 2004

Features

Death and the Microtubules
Susan Blackmore shows that even experienced interviewees can be hoodwinked

The Mosaic of Memory
Chris French considers the nature of memory

From Medicine To Miracle
Peter May questions the remarkable healing of Dr Mary Self

Humour

Sprite, by Donald Rooum, the ongoing saga of an ethereal being who has the misfortune to fall for a confirmed skeptic.
Cartoons by Tim Pearce and The Parking Lot is Full
Pictures from Hilary Evans’ Paranormal Picture Gallery

Book reviews

Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science by Peter Atkins
Immortal Remains: the evidence for life after death by Stephen E Braude
Are Universes Thicker than Blackberries?  by Martin Gardner
Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, Jeffrey M. Lohr (Editors)
Love and Eugenics in the Late Nineteenth Century by Angelique Richardson

News and comment

Editorial
Chris French And Julia Nunn

Skeptical Stats
A column based on the observation that sometimes statistics don’t lie - they’re just plain crazy...

Hits and Misses
Drowning in exabytes
Trust no one
With her head tucked underneath her arm …
High on Delphi
Breast implants: the return
Lightning strikes twice
Let there be light

Skeptic at large: Full circle
Wendy M Grossman

Philosopher’s Corner
Julian Baggini

Rhyme and Reason: Electromagnetic Protection
Steven Donnelly

From Michael Heap
Chairman of the Association for Skeptical Enquiry

Letters from our readers
Mendel: ahead of his time?
Only conjectures
The impossible and the improbable
NLP: Not so bad?