Skeptical Thoughts

Mark Honeychurch

Ireland has had a bit of a rocky history with its blasphemy law, with a complaint made against a local comedian for calling the Catholic communion wafer "haunted bread", and Stephen Fry being ... (250 words)

Category: News

- religion - blasphemy -
Mark Honeychurch

HRV has had to pay out $400k for bad claims it made about its water filters. The interesting thing about this case, in my opinion, is that the fine was given because it was shown that HRV didn't have ... (137 words)

Category: News

- scam - hrv -
Mark Honeychurch

Herbal remedies are very popular these days, with many pharmacies in New Zealand happy to promote products that don't work as treatments for medical conditions, or even just as a preventative measure ... (371 words)

Category: News

- pseudoscience - naturopathy -