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Why Creation Science Must be Taught in Schools
Tom Stafford and Andrew Brown argue that the best way to convey the nature of science is to produce examples of what it is not.

An Anaesthesiologist Examines the Pam Reynolds Story; Part 2: The Experience
Gerry Woerlee suggests a very non-paranormal explanation for near-death experiences on the operating table

The Angels of Mons and Elsewhere; Part Two: Even More Tales of Supernatural Rescue
Scott Wood completes his assessment of the ‘making of myths’

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How Do I Know What To Believe?
It’s not as easy as sceptical authors sometimes seem to imply. Martin Parkinson draws a quick sketch map of the difficulties of real-world reasoning

The Mystery of Hellfire Pass: Part One
Paul Chambers and Robert Bartholomew investigate the Phantom Sniper of Esher

Who The Devil Are You?
Ben Fridja exposes the truth about Anton LaVey, the High Priest of the Church of Satan

Skrapbook
A sneak peak into David Langford’s unique archive of sceptical scraps …

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Alien abduction or Bad Medicine?
Jamie McCartney gives us his suggestions on the ‘reality’ behind alien abductions

The Mystery of Hellfire Pass: Part Two
Paul Chambers and Robert Bartholomew consider some theories as to the ‘sniper’s’ identity

The Problem of the Existence of God seen through the Eyes of a Physicist by Alfred Bahr

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Second Sight? Or Just the Blind Leading the Blind?
Krissy Wilson reviews the not-so-amazing performance of psychic Sharon Neill

Just Your Imagination? Part 1: Acting
Martin Parkinson looks at some of the things he learned in drama class…

The Mystery of Hellfire Pass: Part Three
Paul Chambers and Robert Bartholomew round off their investigation into the ‘Phantom Sniper of Esher’

Natural Science and the Spirit World: Part One
The following is the first of two instalments of an article taken from Freiedrich Engels’ Dialectics of Nature…

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Natural Science and the Spirit World: Part 2
The second instalment of an article taken from Friedrich Engels’ Dialectics of Nature.

Just Your Imagination? Part 2: Feel The Force
Barefoot sceptic Martin Parkinson ‘fesses up and counts his new age brownie points.

Discord
Why is cognitive dissonance important in understanding pseudoscience? Lee Traynor explains…

Mia Dolan on Granada's This Morning
Tony Youens and his gripe with “psychic” entertainment

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'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

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Just Who Wrote the Passion of Christ by Emmerich?
From tale to pen to paper to publication, Wolf Roder revisits the controversial Passion of Christ

What Colour is Four? The Perception of Synaesthesia in Art and Science
Marc Tibber traces the shifting position of an intriguing psychological phenomenon

Alexander the Oracle-Monger
Adam Buick takes us all the way back to the scandalous antics of Alexander and his snake-god, Glycon

A Physiological Reason why Superman Behaves like a Boy Scout
Superman is often accused of seeing the world through rose-colored glasses, supporting his ‘boy-scout like’ naiveté. Robert Castro takes a satirical look at the physiology of Superman’s behaviour

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From Psychic to Sceptic
James Byrne in retrospect on being a psychic

The Great Masturbation Delusion
A bout of moral alarm in the educated? Hilary Evans considers another example where the scientific evidence is absent

Making up History
Steuart Campbell questions how we are to know historical fact from fiction
when delivered to us in novels

Darwin Died an Agnostic
Donald Rooum investigates the claim by one of the world’s most distinguished philosophers that Darwin experienced a deathbed conversion