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/cold-fusion-at-energy-conference/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/cold-fusion-at-energy-conference/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:33:13 +0000 Tim http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=6534 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/cold-fusion-at-energy-conference/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/2012-bent-spoon-award/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/2012-bent-spoon-award/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:26:06 +0000 Richard http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=6509 On the night of the 1st of December, at a glittering dinner at the Melbourne Arts Centre for the Australian Skeptics National Convention, the annual Skeptics awards were announced. These cover both positive and negative awards for good works and,at the other end of the scale, the Bent Spoon for the most preposterous piece of paranormal or pseudoscientific [...]]]> http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/2012-bent-spoon-award/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/james-gerrand-another-skeptic-pioneer-dies/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/james-gerrand-another-skeptic-pioneer-dies/#comments Sun, 28 Oct 2012 02:10:40 +0000 Tim http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=6489 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/james-gerrand-another-skeptic-pioneer-dies/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/skeptic-pioneer-paul-kurtz-dead/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/skeptic-pioneer-paul-kurtz-dead/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:54:48 +0000 Tim http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=6485 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/skeptic-pioneer-paul-kurtz-dead/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/media-watch-blasts-avn-deceptive-baloney-and-bulldust/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/media-watch-blasts-avn-deceptive-baloney-and-bulldust/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 06:44:06 +0000 Richard http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=6443 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/media-watch-blasts-avn-deceptive-baloney-and-bulldust/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/conduct/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/conduct/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 03:21:48 +0000 Richard http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=6327 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/conduct/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/new-old-president-for-aust-skeptics-inc/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/new-old-president-for-aust-skeptics-inc/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:11:23 +0000 Tim http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=6336 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/new-old-president-for-aust-skeptics-inc/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/if-you-knew-shuzi/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/if-you-knew-shuzi/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2012 07:27:50 +0000 Richard http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=6204 Over the past couple of years, the attention of Australian Skeptics has been drawn to a long line of so called “Power Bands”. Yet another contender — the Shuzi ‘nano-vibrational technology’ — has recently been investigated by the Skeptics. Broadly speaking, the promoters of these ‘power bands’ claim the devices can affect your well-being, balance, strength [...]]]> http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/if-you-knew-shuzi/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/skepticamp-a-winner/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/skepticamp-a-winner/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 12:33:35 +0000 Tim http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=6129 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/skepticamp-a-winner/feed/ 0 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/open-door-to-malaysian-alt-med-practitioners/ http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/open-door-to-malaysian-alt-med-practitioners/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 07:23:30 +0000 Tim http://www.skeptics.com.au/?p=6123 http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/open-door-to-malaysian-alt-med-practitioners/feed/ 0