Skeptics $2000 media award – call for nominations
Australian Skeptics Inc is once again offering an annual award for the best piece of skeptical journalism. The Barry Williams Award for Skeptical Journalism recognises the best piece of journalism (in any medium) that takes a critical and skeptical approach to a topic that falls within our remit, which is…
Skepticon tickets on sale now!
Skepticon 2020, the Australian Skeptics 36th annual convention, will be an all-online event beginning on Saturday, October 24, at 9.00am and running to Sunday, October 25, at 6.00pm. Tickers are now available, with prices reflecting the online format, including an early-bird price until September 24 (all prices include booking fees…
Call to action on anti-vaccination bus tour
Australian Skeptics has issued a warning and call to action to Australian media, medical professionals, and local councils regarding the current anti-vaccination ‘revival’ tour of rural and regional Australia: VAXXED Bus Delivers COVID-19 Conspiracies and Bad Advice The so-called “VAXXED” bus is currently touring Australia, spreading misinformation about vaccination at…
Plandemic conspiracy video plays cat-and-mouse with platforms
The anti-vaccine conspiratorial “documentary” Plandemic, which makes a range of misleading claims about COVID-19, has been playing a cat-and-mouse game with social media platforms since it was launched across a range of sites. It was initially published on May 4 (US time).on video sites Vimeo and YouTube, and quickly followed…
Past Bent Spoon winners vie for the dishonour in 2020
In the 38 years of the Australian Skeptics’ Bent Spoon Award, issued to the perpetrator of the most preposterous piece of paranormal or pseudoscientific piffle, we have never had the need to award this dishonour to the same person twice. However, with the current COVID-19 situation impacting on the whole…
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…
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