Skeptical Thoughts

Research is coming to light that antioxidants in food and drinks are not useful to aid health, and may actually be damaging to us. Antioxidants have been put in food for many years as preservatives, ... (165 words)

(Although we all know that fast food is not generally a great nutritional choice, there's a lot of nonsense out there about how bad fast food is. The most pernicious is about how fast food doesn't ... (225 words)

Robert Young is an alternative medicine practitioner who believes that disease is caused by a pH imbalance in the blood. He's written books about his beliefs, and runs a retreat where for $2,000 a ... (439 words)

Matthew Mills believes that the Sandy Hook school massacre in the US didn't happen. Unfortunately he's taken his belief to an extreme, publicly harassing the sister of one of the victims, a school ... (152 words)

I went to see Creation Ministries International speaker Jonathan Sarfati give a couple of talks in Wellington last week. Jonathan was brought up in New Zealand, and was once the national chess ... (249 words)

Someone has put Mr Trump forward for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Supporters said in the submission that Mr. Trump deserved the prize for: "his vigorous peace through strength ideology, used as a ... (135 words)