Volume 21 Number 2, Summer 2008

Features

Towards a Cognitive Neuroscience of the Dying Brain
Jason J Braithwaite offers an in-depth analysis and critique of the survivalist’s neuroscience of near-death experiences

Searching for Cressie, the Crescent Lake Monster
Benjamin Radford recounts the story of his search for a monster that never was

An Evening With James Randi and Friends
Jon Cohen reports on the evening that will be remembered for all eternity as the greatest night there ever was (probably)

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
Pictures from Hilary Evans’ Paranormal Picture Gallery

Who Shot JFK? by Robin Ramsay
The Psychic Handbook by Craig & Jane Hamilton Parker
DVD - Nick Pope: The Man Who Left the MOD: The UFO Phenomenon Unveiled directed by Philip Gardiner
Quirkology: The Curious Science of Everyday Lives by Richard Wiseman

News and comment

Editorial
Chris French and Lindsay Kallis

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

Hits and Misses
Retired at twelve years old
Blind guesswork?
Only 64 years to live

Skeptic at large: eHealth
Wendy M Grossman

Philosopher’s Corner
Julian Baggini

From Michael Heap
Chairman of the Association for Skeptical Enquiry

Letters from our readers
Agnosticism Revisited
Where is your God now?