Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
For February Scientiae – “your ideas, your dreams and your work toward a better, more equitable society”. It’s Australia Day. Today I’m going to be celebrating by doing some actual stargazing at the Southern Cross – during a solar eclipse, funnily enough! As noticed by the ‘Hoyden About Town’ blog, the Australian of the Year [...]
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What a big day! I have just got in from a book-signing tour meeting with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, where I nabbed about ten minutes of audio footage about his recent adventures for the next Skeptic Zone podcast! Here’s me just messing around with the video function on my digital camera… It’ll include a quick talk [...]
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Go check it out for yourself! The Skeptic.com site now features the details of all the back-issues of the Skeptic which contain the Junior Skeptic insert! I noticed that you can click through each one and find out exactly which one has particular features and information – and seriously, these are great intro topics for [...]
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http://theedger.org/ – “Edger is a Center for Inquiry student initiative”. Edger presents hard-hitting and reasoned news, views, and event promotion on issues pertaining to secularism, atheism, science, humanism, and the cosmos, and actively promotes and celebrates international freethought activism. Written in a youthful tone, but mature in content, Edger is sure to be a driving [...]
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Yes, if you want to move from the old curmudgeonly skeptic and bah-humbug to celestial critical-thinking wisdom that isn’t afraid to peek under the robes – you better check out the first round of the blog circle Skeptics of Carlos, with a fantastic range of Australian bloggers who deserve your support. In the meantime, we [...]
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No, it’s not an instruction book… it’s a how-to-watch-out book! The new little black book of scams is here! The ACCC has just released a brand new edition of its very popular The Little Black Book of Scams: The little black book of scams highlights a variety of popular scams that regularly target Australian consumers [...]
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Today I learned about the CAE, or Center for Adult Education, the Melbourne based short-courses organization which “host a wide range of courses in diverse fields such as languages, computers, art appreciation, cooking, historical walks, etc.” Naturally when such places run sessions on Reiki, spiritual advice, et al, the Australian skeptics take note and comment. [...]
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