Skeptic: Promoting Science and Critical Thinking

Cover Story

A Voyager in the Cosmos

An Interview with Ann Druyan
by Michael Shermer

Science, Religion &
Human Purpose

A Cosmic Perspective
by Robert Zubrin

Conversations with Carl

An excerpt from
Conversations with Carl
by Tom Head

The God Hypothesis

An excerpt from The Varieties of Scientific Experience
by Carl Sagan

Tributes to Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan’s Vision
by Freeman Dyson
Carl Sagan and Edward Teller
An Uneasy Alliance Over
Defending the Earth
by David Morrison
Carl Sagan & the Search for ET
by Tom McDonough
Leaving a Demon-Haunted World
by C. Pearson Solen
Popular and Pilloried
by Gregory Benford
The Sagan File
by Joel Achenbach
Our Place in the Universe
by Bill Nye “The Science Guy”

Reviews

Deities for Atheists

Civilized Life in the Universe: Scientists on Intelligent Extraterrestrials, by George Basalla reviewed by Michael Shermer

Of Scholars, Scrolls
& Mushrooms

John Marco Allegro: The Maverick of the Dead Sea Scrolls, by Judith Anne Brown
reviewed by Tim Callahan

If God Could Talk
What Would he Say?

The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, by Francis S.Collins
reviewed by Robert K. Eberle

News

Déjà vu in the Lab; Attention Paradox; Amygdala-driven Emotions

Pluto Downgraded

by Liam McDaid

Jews for Darwin

Evolution, Intelligent Design
& Orthodox Judaism
by Nathan Aviezer

Was Louis Pasteur
Anti-Evolution?

by John Cross

Articles

The Gospel of Food

The Myth of the Doctrine of Naught
by Barry Glassner

The Origin of Superstition, Magical Thinking & Paranormal Beliefs

An Integrative Model
by Marjaana Lindeman
and Kia Aarnio

Features

‘Twas Brillig…

Bad Vibrations and
Magical Thinking
by James Randi

The SkepDoc

Don’t Let Them Hoodia-Wink You; Bunkum reigns in weight loss pills and bad back devices
by Harriet Hall, M.D.

Forum

Letters

Darwin as a Straw Man; Ball Lightning; Still Skeptical of Global Warming

Mordechai Ben-Ari’s Catastrophism Forum

Catastrophe in the Making; What About Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

George Case Opinion & Commentary Forum

Governments Do Lie:
Systemic Bias in the Mass Media

Longevity Forum

Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman defend their book Fantastic Voyage, Live Long Enough to Live Forever; Harriet Hall replies

Junior Skeptic

Evolution Part 1
written and illustrated
by Daniel Loxton and Jim Smith

Asking the Big Question; The Greeks and the Middle Ages; Key Discoveries Set the Stage: Extinction, and Deep Time; What Darwin Learned on His Voyage; Artificial Selection; Surplus Population and Struggle; Natural Selection; Descent with Modification; Is DNA like a Blueprint or a Recipe?; Mutation; Why Evolution is Like “Pimp My Ride”; Survival of the Fittest; The Limits of Evolution; Good Enough is Good Enough; The Majesty of Life