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My own background is in visual art — portraiture in particular. To me, there are few things so compelling as a human face. And hey, “a human face” is just what skepticism needs more of.
The Skeptics Society & Skeptic Magazine Registration for the James Randi Educational Foundation's 'The Amaz!ng Meeting 8" conference (July 8-11, 2010, Las Vegas) is now open. Scheduled to appear: Richard Dawkins; JREF's James Randi and DJ Grothe; Skeptic's Michael Shermer and Daniel Loxton; CFI/CSI's Paul Kurtz, Ray Hyman, Barry Karr, and Kendrick Frazier; M...ythBuster Adam Savage — and *many* more!
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Today's guest blog comes courtesy of Victoria's Daniel Loxton. Anyone interested in writing guest blog can submit a proposal to the editor, skepticnorth [at] gmail [dot] com
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Behind the scenes of the upcoming Junior Skeptic (which is bound inside Skeptic Vol 15, #3: http://www.skeptic.com/the_magazine/arch
The Skeptics Society & Skeptic Magazine Top science blogger (and famed atheist) PZ Myers reviews the new Junior Skeptic-based kids' book Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be: "I recommend it highly, but with one tiny reservation…"
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The Skeptics Society & Skeptic Magazine The Skeptics Distinguished Lecture Series at Caltech: Jared Diamond, Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 2:00 pm
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tickets: $12 Skeptics Society members/Caltech/JPL community; $18 everyone else. Tickets may be purchased in advance through the Caltech ticket office at 626-395-4652 or at the door. Ordering tickets ahead of time is strongly recommended. The Caltech ticket office asks that you do not leave a message...
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Dr. David Morrison, Director of the NASA Lunar Science Institute and Senior Scientist in the NASA Astrobiology Institute, answers the top 20 questions about 2012. http://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/2012
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PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT DOOMSDAY IN December 2012 has blossomed into a major new presence on the Internet. This fear has begun to invade cable TV and Hollywood, and it is rapidly spreading internationally. The hoax originally concerned a return of the fictitious planet Nibiru in 2012, but it received a...
The Skeptics Society & Skeptic Magazine Discover's Bad Astronomer, Phil Plait, reviews Daniel Loxton's new kids' book, Evolution: "I think this book is absolutely terrific, and if you’re looking for a simple statement about it, then how about this? Simply put, I would’ve loved this book when I was a kid. It would have made me want to be a scientist."
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We're having a big problem in America these days, with the forces of antireality on the march to deceive our children. Evolution is a big target for them…
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FOR TEACHERS & HOMESCHOOLERS: The Junior Skeptic-based book "Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be" ( http://www.skeptic.com/productlink/b136H
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All seats have been reserved for the Skeptics Society debate with Deepak Chopra and Jean Houstin versus Sam Harris and Michael Shermer — "Does God Have a Future?" However, we still have a few seats left for Jared Diamond's lecture "Natural Experiments of History" on Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 2:00 pm. READ about thi...s upcoming lecture: http://www.skeptic.com/upcoming-lectures
The Skeptics Society & Skeptic Magazine Check out the newly widened format and design refinements at Skeptic.com:
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The cover of the brand new full-color, hardcover kids' science book based upon Junior Skeptic: Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be, by Daniel Loxton (Kids Can Press, 2010).
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Suitable for readers aged 8 – 13, Evolution is a straight-ahead introduction to the fact of... evolution, to its mechanisms, and to the misunderstandings that surround it. The book aims to explain how evolution works — and how we know for a fact that it happens.
“The best damn evolution book for kids, period.”
— Michael Shermer (Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design)
“A wonderfully clear, up-to-date, and well-illustrated account of how evolution works. The scientific content is first-rate.”
— Donald Prothero (Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters)
“A full-throated defense and explication of Darwin’s theory…kept light and accessible by Loxton’s sense of humour and breezy prose style.”
— Quill & Quire
The Skeptics Society & Skeptic Magazine Daniel Loxton blogs about the release of his new Junior Skeptic-based book, Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be.
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A straight-ahead introduction to the fact of evolution, to its mechanisms, and to the misunderstandings that surround it. The book aims to explain how evolution works — and how we know for a fact that it happens. Suitable for readers aged 8 – 13.
The Skeptics Society & Skeptic Magazine Announcing the brand new full-color, hardcover kids' science book based upon Junior Skeptic: Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be (Kids Can Press). Suitable for ages 8 – 13.
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“The best damn evolution book for kids, period.” — Michael Shermer
