Dec 1, 2016
0:00:00
Introduction
Richard Saunders
0:05:50
"Psychic" predictions for 2016
We mark the homework of the top mystics and seers. Did they see the
sucess of Donald Trump or the Brexit? Find out and be not so
amazed.
0:22:10
Skeptics in the Pub in Sydney
We chat to Michael Marshall about his Australian trip.
http://goodthinkingsociety.org/
0:29:05
Homeopaths cashing in on vulnerable parents
A report from the Sunday World newspaper in Ireland.
0:35:40
Brew Ha Ha: Science in less time than it takes to order a
coffee
With Kelly Wong
Fake news is not immune to science. It's easy to be swayed by cute
animal stories but don't be fooled. Animals are not humans and have
their own amazing features.
Further reading via ScienceAlert:
http://bit.ly/2gj5Eh1
Recently, people in India have taken to social media to share smog selfies to show the world how bad their pollution is.
Further reading via ABC:0
http://ab.co/2eHwFJc
A woman and her daughter both gave birth with the same womb. It may sound like science fiction but this is exactly what happened when a Swedish woman received a uterus transplant from her own mother. She was then able to receive IVF and give birth to her own son.
Further reading via ABC:
http://ab.co/2elQQNU
0:49:50
Grain of Salt.... with Eran Segev
More in the series of interviews from QED.
This week Eran chats Tom and Cecil to from the Cognitive Dissonance
Podcast.
http://dissonancepod.com
Also...
NZ Skeptics Conference
http://conference.skeptics.nz
The Sydney Freecon - December 9, 10 &11, 2016 - 188 William
St. Earlwood
Contact Gary on Twitter - @SydneyFuturian