Skeptic: Promoting Science and Critical Thinking

About the Magazine

A first rate job of promoting science and rationality.

—John Rennie, Editor-in-Chief, Scientific American

Examining extraordinary claims, exploring revolutionary ideas, and promoting good science, Skeptic is a leading international publication in the realm of skeptical inquiry. Each issue delves into a specific theme, while also looking at a wide variety of social, scientific, and paranormal controversies. Since 1992 Skeptic has explored topics such as pseudomedicine, evolutionary ethics, consipracy theories, and science & society.

The magazine includes articles, debates, book reviews, and essays from leading experts in their fields. Their discussions are lively and thought-provoking, and readers can join in the debate in our extensive forum feature. Included in Skeptic is our popular youth magazine, Junior Skeptic.

Skeptic is produced quarterly by the Skeptics Society. Published by Millennium Press, Skeptic is carried by all major bookstore chains in the U.S. and around the world. Skeptic is also available to institutions, as well as university, college, and public libraries. Personal subscriptions to Skeptic are available by becoming a member/subscriber of the Skeptics Society.

The best journal in the field.

—Stephen Jay Gould

For more than a decade, Skeptic has been on the forefront of skeptical inquiry and groundbreaking science, publishing insightful articles on vast number of subjects:

• evolution
• creationism
• cults
• religion Holocaust revisionism
• extreme afrocentrism
• conspiracy theories
• near-death & out-of-body experiences
• cryonics
• life after death
• witchcraft & witch crazes
• mass hysterias & urban myths
• hypnosis & altered states of consciousness
• science vs. pseudoscience
• history vs. pseudohistory
• magic & the paranormal
• the use & abuse of theory & statistics
• the role of skepticism
• medical & psychiatric claims
• the scope & limitations of science & technology
• gender & race issues in science, society & history
• genius & intelligence
• cultural influences on science & scientific influences on culture
• the capacities & limitations of the human mind & body
• fraud & hoaxes, and many more…

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