Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Feel free to ask your own questions – head to Podblackblog on Twitter and ‘tweet’ your question! Topics like superstition, belief in the paranormal, pseudoscience and conspiracy theories and gender differences are particularly fun to tackle. A question from Naontiotami – visit his blog too! What does supernatural mean? Okay – apparently someone told Naontiotami [...]
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Head to: Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial – Sydney University Lecture Information – From acupuncture to homeopathy, from herbal medicine to Hopi ear candling, Singh will also look at the origins of these therapies, their rapid growth in popularity and their supposed modes of action. Singh’s conclusions about effectiveness vary from good to [...]
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Expect to see it around soon, if you’re in the UK! 59 Seconds — Think a Little, Change a Lot. Here’s the vanishing head illusion he’s done! From the extract: Both the public and business world has bought into modern-day mind myths for years and, in so doing, may have significantly decreased the likelihood of [...]
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On Facebook, Amazing Meeting presenter Margaret Downey posted a picture of a secular Jewish Bat Mitzvah. Penn Jillette responded with the following comments: Oh dear. Are in favor of “cultural jews.” I mean, isn’t that just racism? I don’t get it. I”m not kidding. This makes me very uncomfortable. I don’t see how pride in [...]
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Australian news just seems to be full of wacky things that happen to animals. Since reporting about the doped wallabies in Tasmania who create crop circles – I’ve discovered another issue involving another Aussie iconic figure – the footballer. First for ten points, dear readers? What are Calf’s Blood Injections? Is it something to do [...]
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Yeah, it’s already been posted in a few places – but seriously, how many of us can keep that classic movie out of our minds upon hearing the news? ADDIS ABABA – The head of the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia has stated that the Ark of the Covenant will be revealed to the public. Abuna [...]
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Thanks to R for sending this one in! If you have any things you want to send in, there’s an email in my About page. I would suggest this could be very useful for a basic science lesson on ‘identify forces or energy used’ in several of the steps? This is from http://baynhamtyers.com, which apparently [...]
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Okay, whatever you may say? I still enjoyed the music. Or at least, the majority of it — and his family and kids will certainly need support over this. Yet, this is still the first thing that has me rolling my eyes in grim bemusement about the whole sordid business of having TMZ the first [...]
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