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Volume 24 Issue 1: Jane Goldman

Jane Goldman: the skeptic and writer shares her love of skepticism and the supernatural with editor Deborah Hyde. Nelson Jones: looks at the big-game sightings on the savannahs of England in 'Catflap'. Phillip Stott and Toby Murcott delve into scientific philosophy, to discover the sceptical thinking that isn’t in 'Scepticism and Science'. Kathryn Harkup kicks off a new 'science of the supernatural series' with 'Zombies are People Too'. Dean Burnett ponders the fashionable misuse of neuroscience in 'Neuropseudoscience'. Gijsbert Stoet and David Geary review the stereotype threat theory in 'Why Are There Fewer Women Working in Science & Technology?' We have a brilliant four page pull-out poster, Crispian Jago's 'Periodic Table of Irrational Nonsense' Plus all the regular features, reviews and columns from Chris French, Wendy Grossman, Michael Heap, Mark Duwe and Mark Williams.

Paul Kurtz, Father of Secular Humanism, dies aged 86

The following article is a press release from Prometheus Books, of which Kurtz was founder. Are more personal article was published by Kurtz' former colleague ,...

Volume 23 Issue 5: Daniel Dennett

Features Deborah Hyde talks apes and ethics with Horseman, Daniel Dennett, in a special cross-production with The Pod Delusion. Nelson Jones tackles the thorny lexicography of the rational approach in 'Sceptic or Skeptic?'. Richard Firth Godbehere applies a memetic perspective on the connections between Witches and The Book of Revelations in Early Modern Europe. Jon Wainwright examines scepticism and consensus in science. Centrefold Logical Fallacies by Jesse Richardson Columns & Regulars There's all the regular content, including columns from our popular regulars Chris French, Wendy Grossman, Michael Heap and Mark Duwe. Plus the first in a regular new series from David Allen Green - ' Cross Examination'. There's 'Hits & Misses', 'Skeptical Stats', letters, crosswords and loads of reviews.

Volume 23 Issue 4: Robin Ince

The Skeptic Interview with Robin Ince Deborah Hyde finds the many facets of skepticism’s favourite outreach comedian, writer, producer and broadcaster. DEBORAH HYDE Conspiracy Theories: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly An MoD employee turned journalist looks at the popular modern narrative form to assess its bad – and good – points. NICK POPE The Mysterious Wels Catfish Is there a new candidate for our ever-popular lake monsters, or is the evidence lacking? HAYLEY STEVENS The Skeptic Awards A look back at our first awards ceremony: please rise for the winners of ‘The Ockhams’. DEBORAH HYDE March of the Giant Penguin Following in the strange footsteps of one cyptozoology’s classic hoaxes. NELSON JONES The Return of the Enfield ‘Poltergeist’ Comments about TV’s revisit of the famous case on This Morning. DEBORAH HYDE & MARY ROSE BARRINGTON Centrefold Karma Kanics CRISPIAN JAGO Columns & Regulars Reasonable Doubt CHRIS FRENCH Reply to Reasonable Doubt DONALD HAWTHORN Skeptic at Large WENDY GROSSMAN Galileo’s Doughnuts MARK DUWE Philosopher’s Corner JULIAN BAGGINI Hits & Misses MARK WILLIAMS Skeptical Stats MARK WILLIAMS Through a Glass Darkly MIKE HEAP Looking for America NEIL DENNY

Volume 23 Issue 3: Rest in Peace Hitch

Dickensian Ghosts Nelson Jones muses upon Charles Dickens' sceptical attitudes while visiting The British Library's latest exhibition: A Hankering After Ghosts: Charles Dickens and the Supernatural Looking For America Little Atoms host Neil Denny shares his plans for 2012 The Rise of Skepticism in Uganda Kampala radio host James Onen describes why he works to spread freethought in Uganda Learning From What Didn't Happen The Role of Negative Evidence in Investigation - Benjamin Radford Losing Hitch Anthony Burns ruminates on Hitch's persistent preoccupations, and wonders aloud about that supposed move from left to right The Skeptic Awards Deborah Hyde Centrefold Modern Science Map - Crispian Jago

Volume 23 Issue 2: Jon Ronson

Nelson Jones on the religious exhibition at The British Museum Dean Burnett on a homeopathic cure for homosexuality Hayley Stevens on paranormal conferences and impartiality Sam Harris interviewed by Deborah Hyde Chris French remembers Hilary Evans of the Mary Evans Picture Library Lynette Nusbacher on narrative and social constructionism Kylie Sturgess and Tessa Kendall on sceptical activism and the abortion debate Chris French interviews Jon Ronson Crispian Jago with an Alternative Medicine flowchart.

Volume 22 Issue 4 & Volume 23 Issue 1: Double Issue

Simon Singh & Edzard Ernst on The First Quackbusters Edzard Ernst on The New College of Medicine Andy Wilson on How to Take an Overdose Mahlon Wagner on Therapeutic Touch Luke Mason on Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Alan Henness on The Nightingale Collaboration Richard Wiseman on the first experiment into eyewitness testimony Jason Braithwaite on Magnetic fields, hallucinations and anomalous experiences Klaus Schmeh on hidden messages in the bible An anonymous author on claims of recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse George Wells on Christianity and evolution Chris French interviews Richard Wiseman about magic, parapsychology and scepticism Benjamin Radford on spotting faulty reasoning Nathalie Nahai reviews TAM London 2010

Militant Secularism? (Volume 22.4-23.1)

These materials accompany the short article of the same title, published in the Hits and Misses column, in Volumes 22.4-23.1 of The Skeptic. ...
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