Skeptic Society Magazine

Severed Human Hand Costume on Red Carpet

Is it really Halloween without Heidi Klum? The supermodel, who has become known for her over-the-top costumes, has returned for another year of her annual Halloween party, this year opting to dress as a severed human hand. At last year’s party, Klum dressed as the mythological monster Medusa, which featured a headpiece decorated with writhing snakes and a trailing tail, while her husband, Tom...

Sir Patrick Stewart, RIP

Patrick Stewart, as Captain Jean-Luc Picard. (CBS)   The great British actor, Sir Patrick Stewart, passed away yesterday. While Stewart began his career as a stage actor and performed in many Shakespeare plays, he is best known for his portrayal of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Thanks to his impressive performance, Stewart and the character he played became science fiction icons....

What to do if you hit a deer

When you think of the fall season, chances are that gorgeous foliage, brisk sweater weather, and Halloween decorations come to mind. Deer, on the other hand, think of sex.  Deer breeding behavior, known as the rut, aligns with the changing length of daylight. As daylight decreases, buck (male deer) and doe (female deer) hormones increase. While in southern states the rut can last several...

October 26 – 30, 2026

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1795, John Keats is born. From Psycho to Christine, a highway is something “altogether different when they appear in the horror genre: there they expose themselves as highways to hell.” | Lit Hub Film Fake news, far-right propaganda, exaggerated crowd sizes, a squabbling left. Sound familiar? Welcome to 1930s Berlin. | Lit Hub History The story...

Nike’s Zoom Vomero 5 Has Softened Its Stance

There’s something particularly good about a sneaker that gets the balance between cutesy and techy just right. Too much of either and things can go sideways, but Nike seems to have found the sweet spot with this Zoom pair, blending the silhouette’s early-2000s running-shoe DNA with a decidedly prettier finish. Meet the Nike Zoom Vomero 5. The black mesh base and layered synthetic panels...