Halal Dolls in Iran??

After noticing that Iran is about to be destroyed, not by tactical nukes, but Barbie dolls I thought I’d follow up the mention of acceptable dolls for Iran’s children. I was wondering how different Sara and Dara might be from Barbie, expecting the worst. Having found this article from a few years ago.And here [...]

Free Skeptical brochures

Currently I’m reading Dan Ariely’s book “Predictably Irrational’ and in the chapter on the cost of free I realise that Skeptics SA have something to offer for free, our brochures.
Here’s a list of what’s there. Plus we have some brochures from NZ. Enjoy.

Acupuncture
Does this traditional Chinese treatment really work?

Alchemy
Turning base metals into gold

Alien Encounters
Are people [...]

Poor mediums being picked on..lets shed some crocodile tears…

New Scientist Short Sharp Science Blog has a few comments about changes to laws in the UK which will be treating the services provided by mediums with the same sort of responsibility as any other product. As the UK is now part of the EU  many laws have to be changed to bring them into [...]

More Evidence for Climate Change and Extinctions

ABC News is reporting on a presentation in Adelaide today by Professor Alan Cooper , examining some of the reasons for the various mass extinctions we have seen over the last tens of thousands of years. This issue is newsworthy for many reasons, one of them being that more evidence is now being found explaining [...]

Free book on Logical Fallacies

While wandering around the web getting information on critical thinking i came across this useful guide for learning about logical fallacies from the Foundation for Critical Thinking.

People in Melbourne thicker than Sydney :-)

It’s that day of the year again.
So far we have ABC Science with this gem. All I can say is I’m pretty sure if we could find the paper we’d probably discover people from both cities are pretty thick, in comparison to say, Adelaide. Of course the funding generally comes from the [...]