Skeptics legal defence fund seeks volunteers
An international skeptics legal defence fund is in the process of being set up, following the successful defence of Britt Hermes, and it is calling for experienced and qualified volunteers with legal, marketing and fund-raising expertise to help out. In September 2017, skeptical activist Hermes was sued by a naturopath…
New Age pseudoscience is no match for COVID-19
In a break with a decades-long tradition, members of Australian Skeptics will not be attending this weekend’s Mind Body Spirit exhibition in Sydney’s Darling Harbour due to the dangers of the spread of COVID-19 and the ignorant attitudes of some exhibitors. Attending would put our members at risk. Many of…
Sydney Skeptics special dinner – Dr Michael Mann on climate change
The Sydney Skeptics dinners are making a welcome return with a bang on February 29, featuring a high profile speaker on the issue of the century. Dr Michael Mann is an American climatologist and geophysicist, currently director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, who has contributed…
Skeptic magazine latest issue – the psychic business
Psychics are big business – in the US, the ‘industry’ is valued at more than US$2 billion a year. Considering that one US phone psychic company in the US was closed having made a billion in a few years, and had to ‘forgive’ another $500 million in debt, indicates that…
Skeptics’ Bent Spoon to SBS “Medicine or Myth?”
The Australian Skeptics notorious Bent Spoon award has gone to SBS-TV’s “Medicine or Myth”, a program where science takes second place to entertainment. The Bent Spoon, one of the least sought-after awards of the year, is given to the proponent of the most preposterous piece of pseudoscientific or paranormal piffle…
Skeptic magazine – critical thinking for kids
Teaching the basics of skepticism can be grounded in everyday decision making
Naturopath O’Neill banned for life
HCCC finds Barbara O’Neill misleading vulnerable people with cancer and anti-vax claims
Australian Skeptics calls for nominations for media prize
$2000 prize for critical thinking in the media
Vale: Skeptic and psychic debunker Robert Lancaster
Robert Lancaster, noted American skeptical activist who created the website Stop Sylvia Browne, died on September 7 following a long illness from a stroke in 2008 and heart attack in 2011. In 2008, Lancaster launched the website devoted to debunking clams made by ‘psychic’ Sylvia Browne. His investigations revealed many…
NHMRC releases 2012 draft homeopathy report
2012 report subject of conspiracy theories from homeopathy supporters
