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14th January, 2010
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Trick or Treatment: The Event

Over the next few weeks, I will be taking the Quackometer on tour around the…

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Andy L
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16th December, 2009
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James Randi, Global Warming and the Nature of Scepticism

James Randi is a hero to many rational people around the world. He has done…

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Andy L
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20th November, 2009
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Bogus Science and Other Christmas Gifts

Yes, like it or not, now is the time to start thinking about the perfect…

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Andy L
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14th November, 2009
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John Wesley and The Origins of the Natural Health Movement

Examine the discourse of any alternative medicine and you will encounter a surprisingly homogenous set…

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Andy L
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15th October, 2009
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MP David Tredinnick calls for more Government Funding of Medical Astrology and Remote Energetic Healing

Yesterday, the House of Commons saw a debate on the funding of medical astrology. Yes.…

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Andy L
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24th September, 2009
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Two Boiled Eggs in Pinstripes and the Four Soldiers of Scepticism

  October 5th, 2009 7pm – 8pm TAM London – The Amaz!ing Panel Conway Hall,…

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Andy L
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30th July, 2009
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What would $34 billion of Quack money buy you?

Today the US National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine has issued a report that…

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Andy L
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3rd July, 2009
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Skeptics in the Field

So, a few days back from the Glastonbury festival, showered and variously recovered from vicious…

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Andy L
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19th June, 2009
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Government bails out Ofquack as it rewrites old press release

  Last March I asked, “Will the government bail out Ofquack?” when it was becoming…

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13th May, 2009
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Scepticism is the New Rock’n’Roll

Last night we held the first evening of the Oxford branch of Skeptics in the…

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