At TAM 2013 the last talk was by Peter Boghossian and it was on Authenticity. One of the take-away messages I got from that talk was that you should stand by your words and if someone is offended by ... (2142 words)

The New Zealand Skeptics Society supports the scientific consensus on Climate Change. There is an abundance of evidence demonstrating global mean temperatures are rising, and that humans have had a ... (49 words)

Human carbon emissions have been described as a planet-wide experiment with a sample size of one. Are there ways for science to accept uncertainties and just point at what could happen, while not ... (2062 words)

It is difficult to know where to begin in response to Jim Ring's letter (NZ Skeptic 110), but somewhat reluctantly, here goes. He writes, "But he never makes a case; he only quotes opinion". Well, I ... (1020 words)

Keith Muir responds to Barry Brill's article, A Climate of Hope, in NZ Skeptic 108. In his article A Climate of Hope, Barry Brill makes the following statement: "It's pretty clear that the ... (891 words)

If climate scientists were credit-rating agencies, climate sensitivity would be on negative watch, says a recent article in the Economist. Barry Brill looks at recent climate sensitivity estimates ... (682 words)

Do you believe in climate change? Based on my past readings of NZ Skeptic of course not. After all this is the skeptic's magazine. I consider whether you believe in climate change is the wrong ... (473 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)

The Bosnian Pyramids: The Biggest Hoax in History? Directed by Jurgen Deleye. VOF de Grenswetenschap. Watch online (www.thebiggesthoaxinhistory.com): €5.95. DVD: €19.95 (excl. shipping). Reviewed by ... (331 words)

Having a basic knowledge of the principles of chemistry can help one evade the pitfalls of many pseudosciences - but it's not infallible. This article is based on a presentation to the 2011 NZ ... (2610 words)

Earth scientists can forecast the size and frequency of the aftershocks following Canterbury's September 2010 earthquake. But this is very different from earthquake prediction. This article is based ... (2742 words)

Top scientist turns to alternative medicine Prominent physicist and science commentator Sir Paul Callaghan is resorting to vitamin C megadoses and Chinese medicine to treat his terminal cancer ... (1250 words)

There are times when the world seems to run along quietly from day to day, with very little happening. Then there are times like these. There are the ongoing aftershocks in Christchurch, many of them ... (419 words)

The dire predictions of the Club of Rome's 1972 report on The Limits to Growth have supposedly been refuted by subsequent studies, but the refutations have serious shortcomings. This article is based ... (1968 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)

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When it comes to environmental issues, it's not always easy for a skeptic to decide where to stand Over the last few years, there has been a growing community of "environmental skeptics", who ... (2189 words)

It is with sadness that I see that the Skeptic is still accepting articles and letters with political bias. I would like to spend much of this letter countering some of Owen McShane's arguments from ... (1521 words)