VAMPIRE VINES

The SkepDoc

VACCINATION IS ONE OF SCIENCE’S greatest accomplishments; vaccines have prevented

The Gadfly

MANY YEARS AGO, AS I WAS SITTING IN A courtroom

CONTRIBUTORS

Ástor Alexander is a figurative illustrator and painter. He specializes

Once Upon a Time

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE RADICALIZED? IN A RARE

Dealing With Islamism

AS REFUGEES FLOOD TO THE WEST IN UNPRECEDENTED numbers, and

Apocalypse Soon?

THE NATURE OF TERRORISM HAS CHANGED OVER TIME. The earliest

Mind Uploading

PETER KASSAN’S ARTICLE IN THIS ISSUE OF SKEPTIC argues that

Uploading Your Mind Does Not Compute

THE NOTION OF UPLOADING YOUR MIND TO a computer has

Virtual Immortality

VIRTUAL IMMORTALITY IS THE THEORY THAT THE fullness of our

Paleoanthropology Wars

NEWS OF THE EXPLOSIVE DISCOVERY OF HOMO NALEDI in South

Charlie Sheen’s HIV Goat Milk Doctor

On January 29, 2016, HBO Real Time host Bill Maher

Massachusetts Mass Hysteria Cover Up

DURING THE WINTER OF 1692, FEAR SWEPT THROUGH the Puritan

Agony and Ecstasy

A PHARISAIC JEW NAMED SAUL, ZEALOUS FOR THE Jewish tradition

In Defense of Anti-Science

IS IT AUDACIOUS OR FOOLHARDY FOR SOMEONE RAISED on Erector

The Decline of Intelligent Design

Sunday, December 20, 2016 was the 10th anniversary of Judge

No Sacred Cows

THOSE OF US WHO READ EXTENSIVELY IN the field of

MAN-EATING PLANTS

I’m Daniel, the Editor of Junior Skeptic. Today we’ll journey into jungles, push past tangled vines, and search for something sinister: trees that are said to eat human beings!

PLANTS VS ANIMALS

Plants and animals have been interacting with each other for

MONSTROUS PLANTS

You’re probably familiar with plants that move and fight in

THE MAN-EATING TREE

The search for rumored creatures such as Bigfoot and the

ROOTS AND BRANCHES

The New York World’s 1874 “Man-eating tree of Madagascar” was

MYSTERY SOLVED…?

It’s clear that the man-eating tree of Madagascar was a

PLANTS THAT EAT ANIMALS

There’s no sign that giant man-eating (or cow-eating!) plants exist