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Forthcoming Issue
Volume 22, Issue 4 & Volume 23, Issue 1 (Double Issue) (View in new window) (Article references coming soon)
Features: Simon Singh & Edzard Ernst on The First Quackbusters?
Edzard Ernst on Innovation or Quackery? The New ‘College of Medicine’
Andy Wilson on How to Take an ‘Overdose’: The Story of the 10:23 Campaign
Mahlon Wagner on Therapeutic Touch: Another Scam from America
Luke Mason on Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing: Science or Pseudoscience?
Alan Henness on The Nightingale Collaboration
Richard Wiseman on Is Believing Seeing?
Jason J. Braithwaite on Magnetic Fields, hallucinations and anomalous experiences: A sceptical critique of the current evidence
Klaus Schmeh on Are there hidden messages in the Bible?
Anonymous on The ‘Good’ Daughter
George A. Wells on Original sin and its advocates today
Chris French with The Skeptic Interview with Richard Wiseman, Quirkologist Extraordinaire
Nathalie Nahai on One Amazing Weekend! (TAM London 2010 review)
and Michael Heap on Focus on… The Association for Skeptical Enquiry,
Also:
Editorial: Chris French & Deborah Hyde
Hits and Misses: Mark Williams on militant secularism, the Papal visit, the BHA Census Campaign, Questival review, ‘Megabites’, ICE takedown, psychics in BBC news, sceptic to psychic, Trial by Tape measure: evidence-based public policy. Contributions from Andrew Copson, Lizzie Rogers, Liam Proven & Matthew Smith.
Skeptic at Large: Wendy M Grossman on What sceptics should do.
Philosopher’s Corner: Julian Baggini on Foreign Aid and the Morality of Giving
Through a Glass Darkly: Michael Heap Addressing the Needs of the Professionals
Reasonable Doubt: Chris French on Failing the future
Galileo’s Doughnuts: Mark Duwe on The Horrendous Space Kablooie
Skeptical Stats: Mark Williams with the observation that sometimes statistics don’t lie – they’re just plain crazy
Book reviews: Paranormality, Beyond the Occult, 59 Seconds, Irrationality Rides High, Questions of Belief
Letters: Pope Benedict, More on the JFK assassination, Irritated by Supersense,
Crossword
Bible Stories
Back Issues
Volume 22, Issue 3: Simon Singh and the Skeptics (View in new window) (Article references coming soon)
Features (view web summary coming soon): Jon Wainwright on God, Robert Eagle’s tribute to Premanand, Ryan Shaefer on blasphemy, Kylie Sturgess interviews Bruce Hood, David Allen Green on the role of scepticism in Simon Singh’s legal triumph.
Also:
Editorial; Chris French & Lindsay Kallis
Hits and Misses; Mark Williams, Wendy Grossman and Chris French on the deaths of Tony Corinda, Martin Gardener and Mary Evans respectively, Homeopathy and the 10:23 campaign, the Court of Protection, and an animal abuse registry.
Skeptic at Large; Wendy Grossman on Science and the Media: The Big Bang Theory
Philosopher’s Corner; Julian Baggini on Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Inaugural Address
Through a Looking Glass Darkly; Mike Heap on the legitimacy of professions and regulation
Reasonable Doubt; Chris French on angels
Skep and the City; Tracy King on TAM London, with a competition to win a press pass
Galileo’s Doughnuts; Mark Duwe with A Comet’s Tale
Skeptical Stats; Mark Williams with the observation that sometimes statistics don’t lie – they’re just plain crazy
Focus On ; exploring the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain
Book Reviews; Supersense: Why We Believe in the Unbelieveable (Bruce Hood),
Letters; on A new CAM Library: A good thing?, Sceptics make the worst ghost-hunters , JFK conspiracy continues, Seeing things that are not there and User-friendly references.
Volume 22, Issue 2: Parapsychology: Dead or Alive? (View in new window) (Article references)
Features (view web summary): Ray Hyman, Richard Wiseman, Caroline Watt and Chris Roe: An eleven page argument about The Demise of Parapsychology and whether it is still a worthwhile field for research.
Susan Blackmore interview: On parapsychology, rationalising negative results, memes, Zen and consciousness.
Lewis Jones on Basava Premnand (1930-2009)
Phil Plait on The Amaz!ng Meeting: London and the future of international events.
Also:
Editorial; Chris French & Lindsay Kallis
Hits and Misses; Mark Williams on Simon Singh and chiropractic, misleading advertising, computer marked examinations, and an update on newly proposed animal experimentation
Skeptic at Large; Wendy Grossman on Fact Checking within the media
Philosopher’s Corner; Julian Baggini on The Enemy of my Enemy and logical fallacies
Through a Looking Glass Darkly; Mike Heap on public health and the cost of professional consultancy
Reasonable Doubt; Chris French on Shirley Ghostman
Skep and the City; Tracy King on Celebrity Scepticism
Galileo’s Doughnuts; Mark Duwe on The Day I Saw a Ghost
The Donni Position; Jon Donni on psychic Joe Power
Skeptical Stats; Mark Williams with the observation that sometimes statistics don’t lie – they’re just plain crazy
Focus On ; exploring Voice of Young Science, a division of Sense About Science
Letters; Sheldrake on Randi, Randi on Sheldrake, French on Sheldrake and Randi.
Volume 22, Issue 1 (Relaunch Issue) (View in new window)
Features (view web summary): The Skeptic Comes of Age; James Randi on Mortality, Project Alpha, Peter Popoff, and so much more… (print interview here, video here); Can Science Accommodate Psychic Experience?; Professor Bernard Carr Replies.
Editorial; Chris French & Lindsay Kallis on 21 years of The Skeptic and short details of the Sense About Science campaign.
Hits and Misses; Mark Williams on the GOD channel, internet cancer & subliminal suggestion, newly proposed animal experimentation legislation, and the disclosure of UFO-related documentation
Skeptic at Large; Wendy Grossman on Can a robot really do science?
Philosopher’s Corner; Julian Baggini on moral obligation & social action
Through a Looking Glass Darkly; Mike Heap on Free Will
Galileo’s Doughnuts; Mark Duwe on astronomy and space storms
Skeps in the City; Tracy King on Sceptical Stereotypes: The Bearded Male
Reasonable Doubt; Chris French on Radio 4 exorcism
Doubt and About; Jon Cohen on Passing on Passover
The Donni Position; Jon Donni on psychic disclaimers
Science and Romance; Lindsay Kallis on history, modern science and religion
Skeptical Stats; Mark Williams with the observation that sometimes statistics don’t lie – they’re just plain crazy
Volume 21, Issue 4 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): The Sceptical Medium: A course in Crossing Over; The messengers of Lily Dale: An analysis of modern spiritualist mediums
Volume 21, Issue 3 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): Making UFOlogy History; The recovered Memory Debate: False Memories of the Memory Literature; Profits of the New Age
Volume 21, Issue 2 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): Towards a Cognitive Neuroscience of the Dying Brain; Searching for Cressie, the Crescent Lake Monster; An Evening With James Randi and Friends;
Volume 21, Issue 1 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): Reincarnation: Overview of the work of Ian Stevenson (1918-2007); Exposing the Myth of Alcoholics Anonymous. Part 2; Amazon’s Amazing Admission
Volume 20, Issue 4 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): Exposing the Myth of Alcoholics Anonymous. Part 1; Interview with Mark Vernon; Inside a Camphill Community
Volume 20, Issue 3 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): Psychics on eBay; Haunting the Bereaved; R. E. Ality Check
Volume 20, Issue 2 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): The Evolution Controversy; Do 17% of people in Britain really believe in “intelligent design”?; An open letter to the public about Young Earth Creationism
Volume 20, Issue 1 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): The Great Masturbation Delusion; From Psychic to Sceptic; Making up History; Darwin Died an Agnostic
Volume 19, Issue 4 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): What Colour is Four? The Perception of Synaesthesia in Art and Science; Alexander the Oracle-Monger; Just Who Wrote the Passion of Christ by Emmerich?; A Physiological Reason Why Superman behaves like a Boy Scout.
Volume 19, Issue 3 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): ‘God’s Truth’, Others’ Confusion?; Is a Grey Heavier than a Green?; Thomas Hobbes, Angels, Ghosts, and Miracles
Volume 19, Issue 2 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): Natural Science and the Spirit World: Part Two; Just your Imagination: Part Two; Discord;Mia Dolan on Granada’s this Morning
Volume 19, Issue 1 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): The Mystery of Hellfire Pass: Part Three; Natural Science and the Spirit World: Part One; Just your Imagination: Part One; Second Sight
Volume 18, Issue 4 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): The Mystery of Hellfire Pass: Part Two; The Problem of the Existence of God; Alien Abduction of Bad Medicine?
Volume 18, Issue 3 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): The Mystery of Hellfire Pass: Part One; Who the devil are you?; How do I know what to believe?; Skrapbook
Volume 18, Issue 2 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): The Pam Reynolds Story: Part Two; The Angels of Mons: Part Two; Why Creation Science must be taught in schools
Volume 18, Issue 1 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): The Angels of Mons: Part One; An Anaesthiologist Examines the Pam Reynolds Story; Overcooked; In Search of ET
Volume 17, Issue 4 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): Freud and Religion; How (not) to talk to aliens; Scepticism and the Kennedy assassination; Motivated distortion of personal memory for trauma
Volume 17, Issue 3&2 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): The Truth About Rendlesham: Britain’s Roswell; The Rendlesham Incident: Some Lessons for UFOlogy; forgive us our Trespasses; Reflections on a Rendlesham Skywatch
Volume 17, Issue 1 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): Death and the Microtubules; The Mosaic of Memory; From Medicine To Miracle
Volume 16, Issue 4 (View in new window):
Features (View web summary): The Need For Open-Minded Skepticism; Power, Arcana, and Hypnobabble; Organised Religious Faith … Why?
Volume 16, Issue 3 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): Unseen Staring Detection and ESP in Pets; Domesticating the Beast of Bodmin; A Brief Introduction to Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Volume 16, Issue 2 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): What are we to make of Exceptional Experience? Part 2: Ganzfeld Studies; Life From Non-Life: Must We Accept a Supernatural Explanation?; The Misfit World of Derek Acorah
Volume 16, Issue 1 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): What are we to make of Exceptional Experience? Part 1:Remote Viewing; Michael Bentine: Behind the Door; Psychoanalysis: Science or Pseudoscience?; Coming Soon to an Office near You.
Volume 15, Issue 4 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): The Psychological Reality of Haunts and Poltergeists: Part 2; Reconsecration: Towards a Secular Church; Myths to Die For
Volume 15, Issue 3 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): The Psychological Reality of Haunts and Poltergeists: Part 1; In Search of Monsters? Secrets of Area 51
Volume 15, Issue 2 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): An Instructive Tale of Ear Candling. Science/Non science; A Case of Spirits; Do Astrologers have to Believe in Astrology?
Volume 15, Issue 1 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): An Interview with James Randi. The Missing Airmen; Mrs Gaskell’s Elephant; Wild About Harry.
Volume 14, Issue 4 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): Watch Out Alien Big Cats About! The Sexual Orientation Controversy; Post-Modernism and Parapsychology; Nostradamus Said What?
Volume 14, Issue 3 (View in new window)
Features (View web summary): Why Are People Still Threatened by Darwinism? The paranormal in women’s magazines; Reinventing the past.
Volume 14, Issue 2 (View in new window)
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