
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 ives/vol15n03.html ):

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 -and-counting
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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 B ) is supplemented by a free PDF Learning Resource Material booklet that contains discussion questions and activities:
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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 /natural-experiments-of-history

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

The Skeptics Society & Skeptic Magazine Our colleagues at the Center for Inquiry (home of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and the Skeptical Inquirer) are accepting Haiti relief donations on behalf of Doctors Without Borders. They pledge to forward all monies received—"100 percent with no operating costs retained."
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The Center for Inquiry is accepting disaster-relief donations through its S.H.A.R.E. program (Secular Humanist Aid and Relief Effort) to support those providing care to the survivors of the Haiti earthquake. All donations—100 percent with no operating costs retained—will be sent directly to the sec...


























