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		<title>Canberra Skeptics — Free Screening of “Here Be Dragons — A Guide to Critical Thinking”</title>
		<link>http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/canberra-skeptics-free-screening-of-here-be-dragons-a-guide-to-critical-thinking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 06:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ Sunday, January 20, 2013; 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] 
Date:

Sunday, January 20, 2013, 14:00



Location:



Questacon
Questacon, King Edward Terrace
Parkes, ACT
Australia

See map: Google Maps


Canberra Skeptics will be putting on a free public screening of Brian Dunning’s “Here Be Dragons – An Introduction to Critical Thinking” in the Japan Room. Brian is the producer of the Skeptiod podcast, and will be the international guest-of-honour at the 2013 Australian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Scientists in Parliament? How Good Would It Be?</title>
		<link>http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/more-scientists-in-parliament-how-good-would-it-be/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 10:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ Saturday, November 10, 2012; 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Speaker: Dr Will Grant
Date: Saturday, 10 November 2012
Time: 1:30 – 3:00pm
Location: Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT
Free Admission
We often hear moans that our current parliament features far too few scientists, and instead is packed with lawyers, economists and used car salesmen. But what would it actually mean to pack our parliament [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Last Canberra Skeptics Meeting Ever? A Skeptical Take on the Upcoming End-Of-The-World</title>
		<link>http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/the-last-canberra-skeptics-meeting-ever-a-skeptical-take-on-the-upcoming-end-of-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ Saturday, December 8, 2012; 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Speaker: Peter Bowditch
Date: Saturday, 8 December 2012
Time: 1:30 – 3:00pm
Location: Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT
Free Admission*
With the end of the world predicted on December 21 this could possibly be the last meeting of this kind ever. Peter Bowditch will try to raise people's hopes by looking at failed apocalyptic predictions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canberra Skeptics Lecture: An Evening with Lawrence Krauss</title>
		<link>http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/canberra-skeptics-lecture-an-evening-with-lawrence-krauss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/canberra-skeptics-lecture-an-evening-with-lawrence-krauss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ Wednesday, September 5, 2012; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Date: Wednesday, 5 September 2012
Time: 6:00-7:30pm
Location: Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT 2601
Members Free/Non-Members Gold Coin Donation
All Welcome 
World-renowned theoretical physicist and science-communicator Professor Lawrence Krauss will the guest-of-honour at a Q&#38;A session of Canberra Skeptics.
If you want to learn about everything from the Higgs Boson to the Mars Curiosity Rover, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canberra Skeptics Lecture: Challenging Pseudoscience in the most scientific of all ages</title>
		<link>http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/canberra-skeptics-lecture-challenging-pseudoscience-in-the-most-scientific-of-all-ages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/canberra-skeptics-lecture-challenging-pseudoscience-in-the-most-scientific-of-all-ages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ Saturday, August 11, 2012; 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm. ] Date: Saturday, 11 August 2012
Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Location: Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT 2601
Speaker: Professor John Dwyer, AO, PhD, FRACP, FRCPI, Doc Uni (Hon) ACU
Free Entry
Towards the end of 2011, the Skeptics’ Tim Mendham published a table documenting the universities in Australia that seemed to be teaching various “pseudosciences” as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canberra Skeptics Lecture: The Choice Shonky Awards — six years of naming and shaming the shonkiest rip-offs and shoddiest products being sold in Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/canberra-skeptics-lecture-the-choice-shonky-awards-six-years-of-naming-and-shaming-the-shonkiest-rip-offs-and-shoddiest-products-being-sold-in-australia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 01:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ Friday, July 13, 2012; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Date: Friday, 13 July 2012
Time: 6.00 - 7.30pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT 2601
Speaker: Scott O’Keefe

Members Free/Non-Members Gold Coin Donation
CHOICE's annual Shonky Awards are an opportunity for the people's watchdog to hand out lemons to manufacturers, service providers, marketers, advertisers, and government agencies that fail to deliver on their promises.
Since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canberra Skeptics Lecture: The Great Debate – Should Illegal Drug Laws Be Changed?</title>
		<link>http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/canberra-skeptics-lecture-the-great-debate-should-illegal-drugs-laws-be-changed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/canberra-skeptics-lecture-the-great-debate-should-illegal-drugs-laws-be-changed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 08:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ Tuesday, June 12, 2012; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] 12 June 2012
Time: 6.00-7.30pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton,
ACT 2601
Members Free/Non-Members Gold Coin Donation
 
The topic of illicit drugs in Australia is a topic that attracts continued controversy.  Some argue that drug policy should continue to remain based on the principle of prohibition while others argue that such prohibition should be repealed.
Canberra [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canberra Skeptics Lecture: Nuclear Issues in Australia and Beyond; One Perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/canberra-skeptics-lecture-nuclear-issues-in-australia-and-beyond-one-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/canberra-skeptics-lecture-nuclear-issues-in-australia-and-beyond-one-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ Monday, May 14, 2012; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Date: Monday, 14 May 2012
Time: 6.00-7.30pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT 2601
Speaker: Professor Dr George Dracoulis, FAA

Members Free/Non-Members Gold Coin Donation
 
Nuclear issues in Australia have had a conflicted history.  We are a country with significant uranium resources but no nuclear power. This talk will cover selected aspects of uranium production, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canberra Skeptics Lecture: The Atlas of Living Australia: an online tool for discovering Australia’s biodiversity</title>
		<link>http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/canberra-skeptics-lecture-the-atlas-of-living-australia-an-online-tool-for-discovering-australia%e2%80%99s-biodiversity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ Tuesday, April 17, 2012; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Speaker: John La Salle, Director Atlas of Living Australia
Date: 17 April 2012
Time: 6.00-7.30pm
Venue: Optus Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT 2601
Members Free/Non-Members Gold Coin Donation
The Atlas of Living Australia is a national initiative to deliver web-based information about Australian plants, animals, fungi and microorganisms.  Existing information about Australian species is distributed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canberra Skeptics Lecture: CRITICAL THINKING AND COGNITIVE BIAS</title>
		<link>http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/canberra-skeptics-lecture-critical-thinking-and-cognitive-bias/</link>
		<comments>http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/events/canberra-skeptics-lecture-critical-thinking-and-cognitive-bias/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ Wednesday, March 14, 2012; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Speaker: Dr Karen Macpherson
Date: 14 March 2012
Time: 6.00-7.30pm
Venue: Optus Lecture Theatre, CSIRO Discovery Science Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, ACT 2601

Members Free/Non-Members Gold Coin Donation
 
The chances of winning Lotto are 8,145,060:1. Many newspapers carry astrological forecasts. Most people think they are above average drivers. And astoundingly, most university academics think their research is more [...]]]></description>
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