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Special Skeptically Signed Book Now Up On Ebay!

by podblack on July 15, 2009

Whoot! Simon Singh taking part in our fundraising idea! Here he is after the talk he just gave at Uni Sydney, with the Skeptic Zone supporting. Now you can help too! The University of Western Australia’s Atheist and Agnostic Society are planning to celebrate Open Day by recognizing the contribution of rationalism. UWA happens to [...]

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100 Science Activities – Thanks To Science By Email!

by podblack on February 5, 2009

CSIRO’s Michael McRae has just sent me the following fantastic news! He writes the ‘Science by Email‘ mailout, a free online newsletter for members of CSIRO’s Double Helix Science Club, parents, teachers, students and anyone with an interest in science. Recently they hit 30 000 email addresses subscribed!! Now, FOR FREE you can now check [...]

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Classic Science Paper: Belief in Fortune Telling Amongst College Students

by podblack on June 1, 2008

The following post is for Classic Science Papers: The 2008 “Challenge”. I’m certain that when most people think of a ‘classic’ paper on a topic like superstition or belief in the paranormal, they may think of B.F Skinner’s Superstition in the Pigeon. But as you can see, it was published after World War II, whilst [...]

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