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Skeptic magazine, vol 16, no 2 (photo illustration
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Cover Story

How Did Life Begin?: A Perspective on the Nature
and Origin of Life by Paul F. Deisler, Jr.

News

Who Still Believes in 9/11 Conspiracies?: An Empirical Study on Political Affiliation and Conspiratorial Thinking by Scott Sommers

Columns

The SkepDoc: What is Naturopathy?!
by Harriet Hall, M.D.
Bad Language: The Accidental Accent by Karen Stollznow
’Twas Brillig…: Science and Magic by James Randi

Forum

Letter to Climate Skeptics: by David Morrison
Letters: The Dangerous Territory of Sports Dominance; Singling Out Singles; Antony Flew and the Evidence for God; Cell Phones and Cancer

Junior Skeptic

Skeptical Investigation

Who You Gonna Call?;
2,000 Years of Skepticism;
Early Skeptical Voices;
Essential Guide for Investigators;
A Ghostly Mystery Solved;
How NOT to Hunt Ghosts;
Researching Stuff On the Internet;
Science Fair Investigation

Written by Daniel Loxton. Art by Daniel Loxton and Jim WW Smith. With special contributions from Blake Smith and Barbara Drescher.

Articles

Ayurvedic Medicine: A thousand years old —
but does it work? by Marc Carrier
The Singularity Isn’t Even Close: Why Ray Kurzweil’s Predictions About the Future Are Flawed by Chris Edwards
Religion and Violence: An Anthropological Study on Religious Belief and Violent Behavior
by Benjamin Grant Purzycki
and Kyle Gibson
Thank God for the New Atheists: A Sermon by the Reverend
Michael Dowd
An Incomprehensible Universe: Why the Human Brain is Ill-Equipped to Grasp the True
Nature of Nature
by David Zeigler
Lying About Placebos: Does the placebo effect work if patients know what they are taking?
by Stewart Justman
Stradivarius Pseudoscience: The Myth of the Miraculous
Musical Instrument
by R.L. Barclay

Reviews

A Five-Star Evolution Encyclopedia: Darwin’s Universe: Evolution
from A to Z , by Richard Milner reviewed by Donald R. Prothero
Was Hypatia of Alexandria a Scientist?: Agora, a film directed by Alejandro Amenábar, written by Amenábar and Mateo Gil
film reviewed by S. James Killings
Broadcasting from the Great Beyond: Consciousness Beyond Life:
The Science of the Near-Death Experience, by Pim van Lommel
reviewed by Donna Harris
The Eternally Boring Hereafter: Hereafter, a film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood film reviewed by Michael Shermer
Conspiring Against Common Sense: Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History,
by David Aaronovitch reviewed by David Priess
Stephen Jay Gould: Did he bring paleontology to the “High Table”?: Stephen Jay Gould: Reflections on His View of Life, edited by Warren D. Allmon, Patricia H. Kelley, and Robert M. Ross
reviewed by Donald R. Prothero
It Ain’t Necessarily So: Child Development: Myths and Misunderstanding, by Jean Mercer
reviewed by Linda Rosa

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