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Englishwoman Doris Stokes was a medium - by which I don't mean her dress size was between small and large. She claimed she spoke to people "on the other side," to use the euphemistic jargon of the ... (335 words)

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At last year's NZ Skeptics conference Bob Brockie reflected on his career as a newspaper columnist and explained why he has no future with the Mormon Church. After spending most of my life as a ... (2073 words)

A non-remedy for a non-disease I had to wait for my prescription at the pharmacy and while browsing the shelves noticed a new homeopathic remedy for white-tail spider bites. At $18.40 a small bottle ... (177 words)

Alison Campbell considers the evidence for the efficacy of parachutes. Recently a teacher sent me a paper titled: 'Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: ... (437 words)

Why do men have nipples? Nikos Petousis, in his article Skepticism Greek-style answers many questions which have previously puzzled me, for which I thank him sincerely. In return, may I answer one of ... (236 words)

There's a stereotype of card-carrying members of the Skeptics Society that we're dour, humour-less, cynical nay-sayers; depressed Eeyores not cheerful Tiggers. Like most stereotypes, it's 95% wrong. ... (673 words)

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Hokum Locum talks with one of the unsung victims of the Christchurch Civic Crèche The New Zealand Judiciary has consistently refused to face up to that gross miscarriage of justice, the Christchurch ... (554 words)

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A Washington think-tank has announced a breakthrough in the search for a pattern in the seemingly random episodes of US military aggression since the war. "We think they are spelling out a message," ... (77 words)

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False Memory re Subs? In the latest NZ Skeptic, beside the chair-entity's report, there is a false history of subscriptions. From written records: the sub was $10 for '86 to '88, then $20 for '89 to ... (703 words)

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Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, and tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of the DHMO, but the dangers of ... (377 words)

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_How come Denis dead so soon Through poking of the borax The only clue a crooked spoon Lodged firmly in his thorax._ by Gavin East, from Top of the Morning Book of Epitaphs, ed Brian Edwards, Tandem ... (59 words)

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IN THE beginning (specifically on October 23, 4004 B.C., at noon) out of quantum foam fluctuation God created the Big Bang out of inflationary cosmology. He saw that the Big Bang was very big, too ... (753 words)

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Bernard Howard proposes an answer to a curly question. During the recent drought I was asked by a friend if I could explain why her cucumbers were growing with such a pronounced bend. Some indeed ... (196 words)

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Sorry -- not a 50% price reduction on BMWs, not even gratis cases of Bernkastler Beerenauslese. But: For only the price of a stamp, learn of two life-prolonging offers from Herr Wolfgang Dog of ... (162 words)

National Radio has scored a first by becoming the first public, non-commercial radio service in the English-speaking world to feature regular astrological advice. Every Monday evening around 8:40 pm ... (585 words)

It may interest skeptics to know that I have solved the world's energy problems. The concept is surprisingly simple... but then works of great brilliance often are. Our methods employ what we call ... (353 words)

There is much upheaval among the stars this month. Jupitor moves into the house of Aquarius. Aquarius goes to stay in Gemini's house for the weekend. Meanwhile Saturn moves into the house of Aries ... (319 words)

Irreproducible achievements finally get what they deserve Forget Sweden. This past October crowds descended on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the first annual Ig Nobel ... (481 words)