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NZ Skepticism alive and kicking
Ahead of the New Zealand Skeptics’ annual conference, the Otago Daily Times‘ Shane Gilchrist interviewed media spokeswoman Vicki Hyde about […]
Continue readingKen Ring lunacy gets spooned
The media coverage of ‘moon man’ Ken Ring’s theories has been given the dubious honour of the Bent Spoon, the […]
Continue readingAnti-smoking drug increases heart attack risk
A new study has found that a smoking cessation drug prescribed in New Zealand is associated with an increased risk […]
Continue readingIs geo-engineering an inevitability?
As the effects of climate change become more apparent and severe, what steps will we be forced to take to […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Collapse of stairwells concerns professor
NZ Herald: Herald reporter Yvonne Tahana writes that the failure of high-rise stairwells during the Christchurch earthquake is concerning a […]
Continue readingNewstalk ZB: Protestors ‘should do research’
1080 – the poison used to cull possums and other such invasive species – has been the subject of intensifying […]
Continue readingWhy don’t Kiwis trust the media?
We hear the grumbles about the media all the time – from friends and family, colleagues and the inevitable bloggers […]
Continue readingDubious device goes unquestioned in Herald rat poison article
A page 6 article yesterday in the NZ Herald on Sunday featured claims by a Waiheke Island advocacy group that […]
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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