How to raise a psychic child All children are psychic, according to one of the stranger items to appear in the NZ Herald (30 May) for a while. Sue Bishop is described by writer (I hesitate to say ... (1334 words)

Sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) is a proven tool in the New Zealand pest control arsenal, but significant opposition to its use continues, much of it irrational. This article is based on a ... (2184 words)

Vicki Hyde hands out this year's Bent Spoon and Bravo Awards A documentary which highlights the "distress, cruelty, horror, ecocide, cover-ups and contamination" involved in 1080-based pest control ... (763 words)

Flaky diagnostic tool fans toxin scare fire Hard on the heels of the Bent Spoon awarded to the Poisoning Paradise 'documentary', the NZ Herald has produced an appalling piece on alleged pesticide ... (1228 words)

Cellulite - Just a Euphemism for Fat Cellulite is the term used by women's magazines to describe dimpled fat. It has no scientific or anatomical validity and it is simply ordinary fatty tissue that ... (1333 words)

Your Future is not in the Stars Level-headed Virgos everywhere will not be surprised, but a 40-year study of astrology has found it doesn't work (Dominion Post, August 19). More than 2000 people, ... (1369 words)

True Home of Father Christmas Discovered! I am always astonished that famous mystical persons, such as the Virgin Mary (who was transubstantiated into an Australian fencepost in February) reveal ... (580 words)

Our acceptance of evolution brings with it moral obligations, believes geneticist Professor David Penny, who has been fighting for greater consideration to be given to the well-being of the great ... (2655 words)

Skeptics in the Greenhouse I attended the recent Christchurch Conference and greatly enjoyed the excellent standard of presentation and discussion. One small item, however, left me wondering about ... (777 words)