Archive
The Carrington Event and massive solar storms: just how screwed are we?
From the archives, Mark Duwe ponders the Carrington Event, and the effect that a massive solar event would have on the Earth
Technophobia: Facebook and computers cause cancer; typewriters apparently don’t
From the archives in 2011, Mark Williams looks at media scaremongering around technology being to blame for social ills
Free Will? The role of remorse and rehabilitation within the justice system
From the archives in 2011, Mike Heap examines why we feel remorse is so necessary to the rehabilitation of prisoners, especially if free will is an illusion
When The Skeptic came of age: a 2011 reflection on the first 21 years of the magazine
From the archives in 2011, Wendy M Grossman, founding editor of The Skeptic, reflects on the first 21 years of the magazine’s life
James Randi in 2011, on mortality, Project Alpha, Peter Popoff and so much more…
From the archives in 2011, and following 2010's Evening with James Randi and Friends, Chris French took a moment to sit down with Randi
From the archive: Can Science Accommodate Psychic Experience?
From the archives in 2011, Jon Wainwright reflects on whether a paradigm shift within physics could explain psi and psychic experiences
From the archives: There isn’t one single purpose for a university, or for education
From the archives in 2011, Julian Baggini looks at the role of a university, and the many different values that come with education
From the archives: Going to great lengths – long-hair pseudoscience
From the archives in 2011, Wendy Grossman looks at the miraculous supplements and regimes promoted on forums for people keen to grow and maintain long hair