http://www.skeptics.com.au Investigating pseudo-science and the paranormal from a responsible scientific viewpoint Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:26:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/fsm-supported-by-australian-skeptics/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/fsm-supported-by-australian-skeptics/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:04:15 +0000 Eran http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=5183 UPDATE : 22 April 2012 The founders of Friends of Science in Medicine Prof John Dwyer AO, Prof Alastair H MacLennan AO, Prof Marcello Costa, Loretta Marron Prof Rob Morrison OAM were recently interviewed by Eran Segev on ‘The Skeptic Zone Podcast’. The friends discuss their motivations for setting up the group and their experiences in promoting science based medicine and also [...]]]> http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/fsm-supported-by-australian-skeptics/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/mordialloc-skeptics-in-the-pub/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/mordialloc-skeptics-in-the-pub/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:03:39 +0000 Eran http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=5199 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/mordialloc-skeptics-in-the-pub/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/mordi-skeptics-talk/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/mordi-skeptics-talk/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:35:29 +0000 Eran http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=5099 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/mordi-skeptics-talk/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/muddied-waters-setting-the-record-straight-about-mmr-vaccinations-and-autism/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/muddied-waters-setting-the-record-straight-about-mmr-vaccinations-and-autism/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:56:01 +0000 Eran http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/muddied-waters-setting-the-record-straight-about-mmr-vaccinations-and-autism/ Warning: imagecreatefromjpeg(/var/www/vhosts/skeptics.com.au/httpdocs/http://cdn.theconversation.edu.au/files/3619/width440/nealeanddalissa.jpg) [function.imagecreatefromjpeg]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/vhosts/skeptics.com.au/httpdocs/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/jb-thumbnail-for-excerpts/thumbnailforexcerpts.php on line 132

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There’s a temporal link between autism being diagnosed and children getting several vaccinations. Photo credit: nealeanddalissa/Flickr The lack of scientific literacy in the media causes much harm to public understanding of the role and importance of vaccines. The latest instance revives the same old fears using the same formula that so many such stories use. I’ve been writing [...]]]> http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/muddied-waters-setting-the-record-straight-about-mmr-vaccinations-and-autism/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/sydney-skeptics-in-the-pub/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/sydney-skeptics-in-the-pub/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:22:12 +0000 Eran http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=4754 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/sydney-skeptics-in-the-pub/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/michael-shermer-in-sydney-one-night-only/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/michael-shermer-in-sydney-one-night-only/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:11:56 +0000 Eran http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=4750 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/michael-shermer-in-sydney-one-night-only/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/skeptics-mini-convention-sydney-november-19/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/skeptics-mini-convention-sydney-november-19/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 08:28:59 +0000 Eran http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/skeptics-mini-convention-sydney-november-19/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/skeptics-mini-convention-sydney-november-19/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/melbourne-skeptics-in-the-pub-2/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/melbourne-skeptics-in-the-pub-2/#comments Sat, 26 Mar 2011 07:51:01 +0000 Eran http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=4180 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/melbourne-skeptics-in-the-pub-2/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/canberra-skeptics-lecture-too-easy-to-believe-skepticism-and-the-psychology-of-suggestibility/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/canberra-skeptics-lecture-too-easy-to-believe-skepticism-and-the-psychology-of-suggestibility/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:34:55 +0000 Eran http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=4176 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/canberra-skeptics-lecture-too-easy-to-believe-skepticism-and-the-psychology-of-suggestibility/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/canberra-skeptics-talk-why-we-should-be-buying-kidneys-from-%e2%80%98donors%e2%80%99-from-poor-countries/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/canberra-skeptics-talk-why-we-should-be-buying-kidneys-from-%e2%80%98donors%e2%80%99-from-poor-countries/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:39:06 +0000 Eran http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=3937 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/canberra-skeptics-talk-why-we-should-be-buying-kidneys-from-%e2%80%98donors%e2%80%99-from-poor-countries/feed/ 0