This is not a con (it is!)
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Skeptember - Auckland Skeptics in the Pub (Auckland) Meetup
A very Skeptical Month! Skeptember - Auckland Skeptics in the Pub (Auckland) – Details and RSVP at Meetup Join us for Skeptember where there will be drinks, discussion and fun. Our speaker this month Associate Professor Andrew Shelling from the University of Auckland. He will be here to talk to us
Congratulations to The Skeptic Zone Podcast, 200 Episodes!
Congratulations to Richard Saunders & co on achieving the two hundredth episode. The Skeptic Zone Podcast - The Podcast from Australia for Science and Reason. The Skeptic Zone #200 - 18.August.2012 I have enjoyed listening, mostly while walking the dog, since I discovered it back in 2010. My
Invest in science, get your name ‘drawn’ in glowing bacteria!
Siouxsie Wiles is a microbiologist and bioluminescence enthusiast who heads up the Bioluminescent Superbugs Group at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. I know her through the Auckland Skeptics in the Pub Meetup Group. BSG make bacteria that glow in the dark to better understand how to prevent and fight
Odd Todd’s dog math cures Odd Dog?
It was great to find Odd Todd on Twitter last night. Had been a while since I visited his site and I did not realise he was tweeting. Little did I know it would also help cure Alfie’s recent annoying behaviour of barking, seemingly at nothing, from about 19:
Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies
A great reference to test your own, or others, conclusions: Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies - www.yourlogicalfallacyis.com A logical fallacy is usually what has happened when someone is wrong about something. It's a flaw in reasoning. They're like tricks or illusions of thought,
Paleo, another way to spell fad, Diet?
This started as a comment on a blog post but got a bit long and involved. I’m not much of an expert on dieting as have only managed my own weight without formal dieting. I’m also far from perfect but perhaps lucky in finding lots of potentially fattening
'An Honest Liar’ - The Story of the Amazing James Randi
Sometime over the holiday break, one of those frequent rubbish days of a summer not to remember, I stumbled upon the documentary film ‘Being Elmo’ on a Sky channel. It was a fascinating look at Kevin Clash's life and career to as the man behind Elmo. Although released
The Most Astounding Fact — Neil DeGrasse Tyson
When I first understood this (probably thanks to Isaac Asimov’s books or Carl Sagan’s Cosmos) I thought it was amazing. This presentation is beautiful: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D05ej8u-gU&w=640&h=360] via RichardDawkins.net UPDATE 2012-03-16: And here is the 10
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki’s inspiring conversation with Richard Fidler #TAMOZ
Although this was first broadcast in 2007 I just discovered it thanks to a recent replay. I love Dr Karl's podcasts on ABC Triple J & BBC 5 Live and saw his awesome presentation at TAMOZ 2010. This conversation is remarkable for his parents story, as much as
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This film is a stunning lifesaving minute - Immunity #stopavn
@purplefae’s beautiful film tackles the anti-vac myths in a minute. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jsf9b8qa6I&w=560&h=315] More at www.purplefae.com
Physicists Climate Change Hypocrites? I think not!
But viable Fusion Reactors would balance everything, forever and these are the people who will make it. Physicist Calls Out Other Physicists for Being Climate Change Hypocrites Physicists clock, on average, 23,000 air miles per year flying around the world to observatories, conferences and meetings, and generally use 130