February 2011

This will also feature on the Token Skeptic podcast. Many, many thanks to everyone who took part in Australia!

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Thanks to my wonderful friend, Daniel ‘Professor Funk’ Keogh (interview on Token Skeptic — #30 – On Science Communication, Hungry Beasts And Professor Funk – An Interview With Daniel Keogh) — this will also feature at #QEDCon, I hope!

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I’ll blog later on the significance of the items, colours, superstitions — and a few other things I noticed while in Singapore!

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Many thanks to Matt and Milton for helping me with this project — the original audio is on the Token Skeptic podcast [now UPDATED with correction!] There’s a variety of reasons why someone might believe in homeopathy. Homeopathy isn’t as powerful as its supporters claim it is – the power of the human mind is [...]

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I am so incredibly jet lagged. Sitting in the third-floor cafe of the Ramada Manchester, with one of those huge coffee-cups that I only ever seem to find in England. There are trams outside. Trams. I nearly thought I saw Elliot Birch skuttle past, on his way to do something wonderfully nefarious. I think the [...]

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QEDCon Promotional Video

by podblack on February 2, 2011

Many thanks to Dave, whose original idea inspired me to contact Milton about contributing! [Gah, I wrote 'whose' as 'who's'. Can I plead jet lag already??]

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Little Kitten – Bill Gates: Vaccines Save Lives

by podblack on February 2, 2011

In this animation created by Cognitive Media in partnership with the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates discusses the incredible lifesaving power of vaccines. In particular, he highlights the case of polio, which is 99 percent eradicated and within reach of being the second disease to ever be completely eliminated from the world.

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