Astrology Romps into the Bedroom It had to happen, I guess. A new book, Sextrology: The Astrology of Sex and the Sexes, written by New York astrologers Stella Starsky and (wince) Quinn Cox gets a ... (1004 words)

A company which made staff walk barefoot over burning coals in a training exercise has escaped prosecution. Seven sales trainees suffered burns during the "motivational" session run by insurance ... (280 words)

Founding member Bernard Howard reminisces on the Skeptics' history in this guest editorial. I belong to the constipated school of literary composition, so when the Editor invited me, only days before ... (1744 words)

Visitors to Fiji are still being told that village people have the hereditary ability to walk on white-hot stones. This is quite untrue (see Hot Footing it in Fiji,Skeptic 26). A tourist promotion ... (502 words)

New Zealand Skeptics walk happily on red-hot embers, protected by the laws of physics. Fijian firewalkers, however, are said to stroll across white-hot stones. How do they do it? Fijian firewalking ... (1124 words)