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Demon Haunted Times: Evolutionists Give Up:
Creationism to be Taught in Schools
by Brandon Muller
Is Baked Alaska Half-Baked?: Alaska’s High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) is a magnet for conspiracy theorists.
by David Naiditch
Psychic for a Day: Or How I Learned Tarot Cards, Palm Reading, Astrology & Mediumship in 24 Hours
by Michael Shermer
Do We Fear the Right Things?: by David G. Myers
Blind Research: Are the Hard Sciences Immune from Experimenter Effects?
by Rupert Sheldrake

Wrong Questions, No Answers: A review of The Right Questions: Truth, Meaning and Public Debate, by Phillip Johnson
reviewed by Jason Rosenhouse
Quantum Physics & Western Mysticism: A review of Nature Loves to Hide: Quantum Physics and the Nature of Reality, by Shimon Malin reviewed by Andrew Thomas Fyfe
Double Your Biblical Biblical Pleasure: A review of Secret Origins
of the Bible, by Tim Callahan
reviewed by Rabbi Edward Zerin
I Knew You Would Say That: A review of Intuition: Its Powers and Perils, by David G. Myers reviewed by Michael Shermer
Mind Matter Metaphors: A review of The Origin of Minds: Evolution, Uniqueness & the New Science of the Self, by Peggy La Cerra and Roger Bingham reviewed by Michael Shermer

Darwin, Design & Democracy: Report on an Intelligent
Design conference
by Jason Rosenhouse
Big Foot, Bigger Hoax: by Daniel Loxton
Stupid “Pet Psychic” Tricks: Crossing over with Fifi and Fido
on the animal planet network by Bryan Farha

A Roswell Requiem: by B. “Duke” Gildenberg with contributions from Daniel Loxton

Days of the Future Past: A review of How to Build a
Time Machine, by Paul Davies reviewed by Ted Dace
Einstein, Batman & the Surfer: A skeptical view of time travel by Andrew Bernardin
The Chronology Projector Conjecture: The Mind is Still the
Safest Way to Time Travel by Michael Shermer

When Brains Fall Out: The Origin Of A Skeptical Maxim
by James Hrynyshyn
On the Shoulders of Midgets: by John Gribbin
Ockham’s Razor Cuts Both Ways: The Uses & Abuses of Simplicity
in Scientific Theories by Phil Molé

Letters: Best Science Teaching; Cold Reading Cold Reviewing, by Gary E. Schwartz; Skeptical about Pyramid Power; Brain Chemistry and the Paranormal; Jews and Angels; Semmelweis’ Science; Science Facts and Fictions; Not Skeptical Enough
Artificial Intelligence: Steven Harris’s article “A.I. and the Return of The Krell Machine”: Science is the Krell Machine, by Ray Ben Erskins; Harris Responds; A.I. and D.I. (Dog Intelligence), by Lynne Lopatin; Harris Responds; Will Computers Ever Think? by Joe Cuchiara; Harris Responds

Alien Life written and illustrated by Daniel Loxton: Are We Alone in the Universe?;
Do Aliens Visit Our Planet?; Astrobiology
Rubber Alien Bones: by Bob Friedhoffer