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The Skeptic Zone


Jul 22, 2017

0:00:00
Introduction
Richard Saunders

0:05:06
Reports from NECSS
Claire Klingenberg joins us to talk about the 17th European Skeptics Congress.
http://euroscepticscon.org
http://www.sysifos.cz

0:10:52
Brew Ha Ha: Science in less time than it takes to order a coffee
With Ben Lewis
The Government has announced a review into the space industry in Australia. We think it's time we had an agency of our own. Australia - let's go to space.
https://www.australiascience.tv

0:14:15
The Raw Skeptic Report... with Heidi Robertson
This week Heidi gives us an overview of the recent Star Stuff astronomy meetining in Bryon Bay, and even goes for a walk on Mars!
Dr Duane Hamacher https://starstuff.com.au/2017/02/21/speaker-spotlight-dr-duane-hamacher/
Mark Gee http://theartofnight.com/
Dr David Malin https://www.davidmalin.com/
Dr Fred Watson http://www.fredwatson.com.au/
Dr Katie Mack http://www.astrokatie.com/
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki http://drkarl.com/
Dylan O'Donnell http://deography.com/
Dr Alan Duffy http://www.alanrduffy.com/
Jamie Anderson https://www.gspacetech.com/
Michaela Jeffery https://starstuff.com.au/2017/05/25/bonus-speakers/

0:33:17
Interview with Ann Reid #1
Ann Reid became the executive director of NCSE in 2014. For 15 years she worked as a research biologist at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, where she was responsible for sequencing the 1918 flu virus. She served as a Senior Program Officer at the NRC's Board on Life Sciences for five years and most recently, as director of the American Academy of Microbiology.
https://ncse.com/

0:45:50
Book Review - Nibbling on Einstein's Brain
Journal Science affects every part of our lives. It can determine the foods we eat, the clothes we weareven the video games we play. But how do you tell the good science from the bad? Bite into Nibbling on Einstein's Brain and learn some winning strategies for sorting the good from the misleading in science.
https://www.bookdepository.com/Nibbling-on-Einstein-s-Brain/9781554511860

Also...
Maynard and Bunga Bunga maynard.com.au
CSI Con - Las Vagas http://csiconference.org
European Skeptics Congress - Wroclaw http://euroscepticscon.org
QED - Manchester qedcon.org
Skepticon Sydney http://www.skeptics.com.au