“The Skeptic” Magazine

The Skeptic is published four times per year by Australian Skeptics Inc. Since the first issue was published in 1981, the Skeptic has printed articles on a vast variety of sceptical subjects ranging from alien abduction to zombies. There was even an article on Electroencephaloneuromentimpography. You can find out more on the evolution of the Skeptic in this brief History.

You can email the Editor with any enquiries or suggestions for articles.

To subscribe to the Skeptic, go to our online shop. Alternatively, you can download and print the subscription form, complete it and send it back to us by mail or fax.

Recent Issues

The Skeptic is now in its 32^nd year, and our most recent issue is Volume 32 Number 4. You can have a peek at the cover and table of contents of this issue and other issues from the past 12 months, below. Each of the recent issues also includes one full article. You’ll need to have a PDF reader such as Adobe Reader.

• 32:4, December 2012
  Featured article: Skeptics & the Media — Why do the media seem to give credence to the paranormal and pseudoscience? And is there anything we can do about it? Tory Shepherd publishes her views.

• 32:3, September 2012
  Featured article: It’s Behind You! — Adam van Langenberg takes on an urban myth, and gives it a bucketing.

• 32:2, June 2012
  Featured article: Friends in Deed — Eran Segev interviews the founders of a new highprofile group whose aim is to defend medical science against quackery and pseudoscience.

• 32:1, March 2012
  Featured article: Running on Empty? — Peter Ellerton applies some critical thinking to reason, and finds a good reason for thinking critically. It’s just a shame that a lot of others do not.

Past Issues

Issues from more than 12 months ago are available in full below. To read them online click on the issue number you are interested in. You’ll need to have a PDF reader such as Adobe Reader.