The New Zealand Association of Scientists Awards for 2009 were presented last night by the Minister for Research, Science and […]
Continue readingReflections on Science
Scientists and other thinkers talk about science and society and the connection between the two.
The Large Hadron Collider – separating myth from reality
Last week at Science Express @ Te Papa, physicist Marcus Wilson spoke about the Large Hadron Collider, and the myths […]
Continue readingNZ Skeptics Conference – Is Science Just Mysticism in a Lab Coat?
Bernard Beckett is a High School Teacher and writer. In 2005 he spent a research year at the Allan Wilson […]
Continue readingNZ Skeptics Conference – Is Economics a Science or a Religion?
Brian Easton is well known as an economist, a profession which he arrived at through a scientific route at the […]
Continue readingNZ Skeptics Conference – Strange Occurrences: our approach to paranormal investigation
James Gilberd is 46, has a Bachelor of Design, photography major, Victoria University 1997, and works as a commercial photographer […]
Continue readingNZ Skeptics Conference – Undercover for Cancer
Loretta Marron BSc Assoc Dip Bus(Accnt) AAII MACS “The Jelly Bean Lady”. Following a successful treatment of breast cancer in […]
Continue readingNZ Skeptics Conference – The Slippery Slope of Conspiracy Theories
Matthew Dentith is currently finishing his doctoral dissertation on the evaluation of Conspiracy Theories as a species of belief. When […]
Continue readingNZ Skeptics Conference – Circumcision: a cure looking for a disease
Hugh Young is almost a foundation member of the Skeptics. A retired broadcaster and editor, he collects words (published in […]
Continue readingNZ Skeptics Conference – Unwarranted skepticism; disbelief in a finite world
Dr John Robinson is an applied mathematician who has researched long-term trends and forecasting. His scientific training includes degrees in […]
Continue readingNZ Skeptics Conference: Letters to the Editor – Responses to Bob Brockie’s Dominion Post science column
Dr Bob Brockie has worked as a scientist at the British Museum, the National Institute of Health, DSIR, DOC, Palermo […]
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