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Skeptic magazine, vol 16, no 3 (illustration
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Special Section/Cover Story on Islam/the Qur’an

The Mythic Origins of the Qur’an: by Tim Callahan
Islam: Imams, Fatwas, Jihads and Jews— Sense and Nonsense about Muslims and the Middle East.
An Interview with R. Stephen Humphreys
by Frank Miele
Muslim Creationism and the Curious Case of Harun Yahya: A look at a High-profile Muslim Creationist and his Christian Friends In the U.S.
by Marc Carrier

News

Bob White’s Great UFO Artifact Mystery—Solved: Sometimes All it Takes is Finding the Right Expert by Pat Linse, with Ean Harrison

Columns

The SkepDoc: Aspartame: Safe Sweetener or Perilous Poison?
by Harriet Hall, M.D.
Bad Language: Automatic Writing:
Write or Wrong? by Karen Stollznow
’Twas Brillig…: Talking to Dead Celebrities and Psychic Polaroid Photographs by James Randi

Articles

Stephen Hawking’s Other Controversial Theory: Model Dependent Realism
in The Grand Design
by Chris Edwards
Why People Do Not Understand Evolution: An Analysis of the Cognitive Barriers to Fully Grasping
the Unity of Life by Andrew Shtulman
Extraterrestrial Aliens: Friends, Foes, or Just Curious?
by George Michael
Precognition or Pathological Science?: An Analysis of Daryl Bem’s Controversial paper “Feeling the Future”
by Nicolas Gauvrit

Reviews

Myths About Fat and What to Do About It: Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It by Gary Taubes. reviewed by Harriet Hall, M.D.
Science and the Is/Ought Problem: The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values by Sam Harris.
reviewed by Massimo Pigliucci
The Myth of a Postmortem Domain: Life After Death: The Evidence
by Dinesh D’Souza.
reviewed by Robert K. Eberle

Forum

Letters: Gould’s Real Contribution; The Real Hypatia; Sports Dominance Mystery; Religion and Violence Reconsidered

Junior Skeptic

The Kraken!

Hollywood’s Ultimate Monster
Ancient Tentacles Stir
The Island That Is A Monster
The Scandinavian Kraken
The Kraken Rises
Truth and Fiction
Meet the Kraken
Squid Expert Dr. Steve O’Shea

Written by Daniel Loxton. Cover by Jim WW Smith, interior art by Daniel Loxton and Jim WW Smith.

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