Skeptical Thoughts

Daniel Ryan from the Society for Science Based Healthcare wrote a study looking at acupuncture advertising in NZ. He ran a targeted search for New Zealand websites making claims about being able to ... (265 words)

Sir Peter Gluckman, the PM's Science Advisor, says that NZ has a science denial problem, but that it's no worse than the rest of the world. Peter thinks that social media bubbles are contributing to ... (74 words)

NZ Skeptics Conference The NZ Skeptics conference was a great success, with a quiz on the Friday night and a weekend of fascinating talks. We gave all the attendees a bag of alternative medicine ... (339 words)

In a recent article Cracked dot com has pointed out flaws in several popular conspiracy theories. The first one I've been telling people for years - that if the moon landing was faked, the Russians ... (282 words)