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A.I. Gone Awry: The Futile Quest for
Artificial Intelligence.
by Peter Kassan

The Dover Decision: A stunning blow against Intelligent Design Creationism — How the Kitzmiller et al. versus Dover Area School District Trial Unfolded.
by Burt Humburg and Ed Brayton
The Illusion of Design: by Richard Dawkins
ID & SETI: Can Intelligent Design be Considered Scientific in the Same Way that SETI is? by Robert Camp

The Other Intelligent Design Theories: Intelligent Design is only one of many “alternatives” to Darwinian evolution.
by David Brin

Letters: Intelligent Design and Hurricane Katrina; The Truth is Out There … About 9/11; The Mind’s Own Brain.
Death of Philosophy/ Derrida Forum: Derrida, Newton, Einstein, and Hawking; Demonizing Derrida and Deconstruction.
The Origin of Alien Faces: Examining Malmstrom’s Template: Exploring Other Options in Alien Face Experiences.
by Ben Witts and Jeff Buchanan
: Cholesterol, Statins, and Mortality: A Skeptical Look; Deutsch Responds to Critics.
Doubting Dr. Dino’s Doubter Forum: Hovind Doesn’t Understand Science; Garbage In, Garbage Out; Misapplying Set Theory To the World of Cause and Effect; God Cannot Be Either Proved or Disproved.

The Enigma of Coral Castle: by William Stansfield
Meeting the Man with the Camera Brain The Curious Case of Ted Serios: by Calvin Campbell

: This issue’s cover was created using 3D modeling software for the bench and robot. The same robot model appears again in the illustration on page 31. Reflection maps and backgrounds were shot on location in Victoria, BC, Canada. Robot model by Jim Smith; textures and composite by Daniel Loxton.

Pyramid Power: Khufu’s Pyramid; “Pyramidology”; Razor Blades; Odd Inventions; Antoine Bovis Revealed; Hockey; Putting Pyramid Power To the Test!; The MythBusters Experiments; How Good Is Your Science? written and illustrated
by Daniel Loxton

The 2005 IgNobel Prizes: by Rebecca Watson
In Memoriam: Philip J. Klass: by Gary P. Posner
Homeopathic Placebo New Study Says Homeopathy Doesn’t Work
Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fear: by Brian Ragle
Young Earth Creationists: Creation Conference in Lynchburg: by Jason Rosenhouse

No Case at All: The Case for a Creator.
A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence that Points Towards God, by Lee Strobel.
reviewed by Tim Callahan
Science Without Borders: The Universe in a Single Atom:
The Convergence of Science & Spirituality, by His Holiness the
Dalai Lama.
reviewed by Michael Shermer
9/11: A Date That Will Live in Infamy: The New Pearl Harbor:
Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11,
by David Ray Griffin.
reviewed by Richard Morrock
Creationism by Any Other Name: The film The Privileged Planet: The Search for Purpose in the Universe.
reviewed by Charles G. Lambdin
Dawn of the Aquarian Age: The Cult of Alien Gods:
H.P. Lovecraft & Extraterrestrial
Pop Culture, by Jason Colavito.
reviewed by Tim Callahan
Political Science: The Republican War on Science,
by Chris Mooney.
reviewed by David Brin