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Volume 30, Number 5
September/October 2006
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- Science and the Public
- Predator Panic
- Name Dropping: Want to Be a Star?
- Should the NHS Provide Complementary Therapy?
- Ghost Hunters
Chairman's Column
Science and the Public
Summing Up Thirty Years of the Skeptical Inquirer
Special Report
Predator Panic: A Closer Look
Articles
The Bloodless Fish of Bouvet Island
DNA and Evolution in Action
An obscure bloodless fish living in the remote subfreezing waters of the Antarctic vividly illustrates how evolution works, and why understanding evolution matters.
The Neural Substrates of Moral, Religious, and Paranormal Beliefs
Recent research shows that moral, religious, and paranormal beliefs relate to specific workings of the brain.
Science Ain’t an Exact Science
Public Perception of Science in the Wake of the Stem-cell Fraud
As public awareness and trust of science appears to be waning in the U.S., scientists and supporters of science must be realistic about scientific method and potential and pursue research with utmost integrity.
Can Jim Berkland Predict Earthquakes?
Jim Berkland claims to be able to predict earthquakes. Such earth-shaking claims, however, appear to be groundless.
Name Dropping
Want to Be a Star?
If you think that a star can be named after you, and that once one is, it’s all official, think again. The whole commercial “star registry” charade is awkward for astronomers.
Comment and Opinion
Should the NHS Provide Complementary Therapy?
Columns
Editor's Note
The Vigorous Science of Evolution
News and Comment
- Carla Baron, Psychic Detective? Not Quite
- Alleged Psychic Convicted of Murder
- Update: Charges against Ontario ‘Healer’ Dropped
- British Defense Study Debunks UFO Sightings
- Author, Professor Vern Bullough Dies
- Parade’s Rosenfeld Reprises Dubious Acupuncture Claim
- New Psychic Detective (Un)Reality Series: Haunting Evidence
- Skeptic’s Lawsuit Stalls ‘Psychic’ Renier’s Book
- The Fabricated Cosmonaut and the Nonexistent Prophecy