| Columns | |
|---|---|
| The SkepDoc: A Skeptical Look at Screening Tests | Harriet Hall, MD |
| 'Twas Brillig: How to Convince People You Are Psychic | James Randi |
| Bad Language: Instant Language, Just Add Software | Karen Stollznow |
| Articles | |
| Swine Flu Vaccine Fear Mongering | Harriet Hall, MD |
| Oh, the Horror! | Jason Colavito |
| The Trashing of Margaret Mead | Paul Shankman |
| The Dangers of First Contact | David Brin |
| Magic, Skepticism, and Belief | Peter M. Nardi |
| Special Section: Psychiatry, Psychology, and the Mind | |
| The Top Ten Myths of Popular Psychology | Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, John Ruscio, and Barry L. Beyerstein |
| Prognosis Negative | John Sorboro, MD |
| The Mind is Not a Kludge | Leonid Perlovsky |
| The Psychic Industry | Ryan L.A. Shaffer |
| Junior Skeptic | |
| The Cottingley Fairies | Daniel Loxton |
| Reviews | |
| Tribute to Norman Jay Levitt, 1943-2009 | Michael Shermer |
| Science: A Four Thousand Year History, by Patricia Fara | Norman J. Levitt |
| Darwin Slept Here: Discovery, Adventure, and Swimming Iguanas in Charles Darwin's South America, by Eric Simmons | Darryl E. Brock |
| Render Unto Darwin: Philosophical Aspects of the Christian Right's Crusade Against Science, by James H. Fetzer | Harriet Hall, MD |
| Forum | |
| Placebos; When Religions Go Bad; Positive Psychology with the Bathwater; Christianity and the Southern Cross; I Could be Wrong about God | |
| News | |
| Coma Man Media Hoax | Michael Shermer |
| The Beverly Hills Battle for Evolution (Against Intelligent Design) | Prothero/Shermer vs. Meyer/Sternberg |