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Can the hands heal?; Fantastic archaeology; Don't point that comet at me!; The Mary Celeste revisited.

Paranormal trends in the USSR; Faking an alien; Where do we file flying saucers?; Psychic questing; Sea-bands.

The Skeptic Interview with Robin Ince.
Conspiracy Theories: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Mysterious Wels Catfish
The Skeptic Awards
March of the Giant Penguin
The Return of the Enfield ‘Poltergeist’

'God's Truth', Others' Confusion?
L. J. Hurst considers the complex case of Hayward, Wells and Deeks

Is a Grey Heavier Than a Green?
Question and Answer: Stephen Moston takes a look at the relationship between asking a question and reaching a conclusion

Thomas Hobbes, Angels, Ghosts and Miracles
Adam Buick considers some of Hobbes’ neglected musings



Ear Candles – The Brain Softening Effect: An Instructive Tale
Norman Pridmore reflects upon his personal crusade against a pseudoscientific therapy

Science or Non-science?
Doug Bramwell examines the features which distinguish science from pseudoscience

A Case of Spirits
Chris Willis looks at the history of spirit photography

Do Astrologers Have To Believe In Astrology?
Nick Campion questions whether “belief ” is a useful concept when applied to astrology



The face on Earth; Neural networks and NDEs; Francis Galton; Cyril Burt reconsidered; The computer conspiracy.

The Sceptical Medium: A course in Crossing Over
Jon Donnis recounts his experience at a mediumship training school

The messengers of Lily Dale: An analysis of modern spiritualist mediums
Benjamin Radford recounts his experience at a mediumship retreat in the USA

Psychoanalysing God: Freud on Religion
Ian Fairholm discusses Freud, neuroticism and religion

Motivated Distortion of Personal Memory for Trauma
At the Remembering Trauma Conference held in London in September 2003, Mark Pendergrast described how people can develop false memories for terrible events

How (not) to talk to aliens
Mark Newbrook ponders the complexities of extraterrestrial languages

Scepticism and the Kennedy Assassination
Jeremy Bojczuk disposes of some of the more ludicrous theories surrounding President Kennedy’s assassination