Articles tagged with "box"

It will come as no surprise to regular readers that the various social media algorithms are delivering me the goods in the lead-up to Halloween. Both believers and debunkers of the supernatural are cranking out their haunted house/ghost hunting content, and it has been a hoot to watch all the 'shocking' evidence gathered which proves that ghosts float, or hover, amongst us. One piece of technology that always makes me groan a bit when it is pulled out is a modified radio called a Ghost Box or Spirit Box.

October's shaping up to be a great month for skepticism - not only do we have Halloween at the end of the month, with both spooky nonsense events and rival Christian nonsense events, but also on Tuesday the 13th it's International Skeptics Day, which is being celebrated this year by running the annual online Global Skeptics in the Pub event. And, if that's not enough, the Decult conference is happening on the weekend of the 24th and 25th of October. There are more details on both of these events below, including an awesome 2 for 1 deal for Decult tickets.

I was scrolling through my Instagram feed when a post by a favourite local café stopped me mid-swipe. The words “Christmas” and “shoebox” in the same sentence caused a brief moment of dread to call upon me because, while I loved their date scones, I was not going to support a business that championed Operation Christmas Child (OCC).

7 Sharp have interviewed Marta Fisch on Waiheke Island, who has built an ugly looking metal box - three side walls - in her garden, to keep out "radiation". Radiation in this sense is the kind of electromagnetic energy that is used to send TV signals and offer WiFi, and also background radiation from nature.

The NZ Census asks a question of respondents about Religious Affiliation. Historically, the only response available for non-believers has been "No Religion". NZ Stats have now added several categories in time for the next Census in 2018.

How to Poison Your Spouse the Natural Way: A Kiwi Guide to Safer Food offers an interesting, non-technical, easy-to-read description of the risks we face at the dinner table. Reviewers and readers have been enthusiastic. This book has a recommended retail price of $24.95 but is now available for a limited time to members of the Skeptics for only $15, post-paid.