Hot-footing it in Fiji
8 July 2024
Originally published in Issue 26 of the NZ Skeptic, February 1993
Articles tagged with "walker"
The origins of bunk
1 May 2013
The history of a word which is very familiar to skeptics carries some important lessons.
Playing with Fire
1 August 1997
AROUND 40 years ago, at Hull Fair in England, I saw a man dip his fingers in molten lead. He also poured it into his palm and ran it through his fingers. He seemed to suffer no harm although it was real lead; I found a solidified splash and checked. In my vacations I used to work for one of the showmen at the fair, so I found my boss. "That fellow with the molten lead, why doesn't he burn his hands?"
Hot-footing it in Fiji
1 February 1993
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?
A skeptical look at organic gardening.
1 February 1991
On Thursday evening, 26 June 1990, a large number of members and friends gathered at the University of Canterbury Staff Club in Christchurch, to hear Prof. T.W. Walker, late of Lincoln University, talk on Organic Gardening.