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(No) Escape from Alcatraz
by Karen Stollznow
The Good Word
December 5, 2011
Yet another claimant to the title of America’s “most haunted” place, Alcatraz certainly reigns as one of the world’s most notorious jails.
On Codes of Conduct, Part II
by Kylie Sturgess
Curiouser and Curiouser
November 29, 2011
Sexism, Skepticism and Civility Online: an Interview with Jennifer Ouellette
The Inception of the Polish Sceptics Club
by Tomasz Witkowski and Maciej Zatonski
November 18, 2011
In 2010 (the best year for Polish charity), we were able to donate 43 million PLN to improve early cancer diagnosis in children. That’s forty-six times less than the money Polish people have thrown away for fortune tellers. This comparison quite effectively shows the preferences and beliefs of an average Pole.
Hello, Grandmother—What Big Eyes You Have
by Michelle Blackley
November 16, 2011
A review of Little Red Riding Hood (DVD).
Introducing the Menrva Foundation for Science and Reason
by Menrva Foundation
November 9, 2011
Founded in 2011, the Menrva Foundation for Science and Reason is striving to popularize science in Indonesia.
From Ghost-Believing to Ghost-Busting with Project Barnum: Interview with Hayley Stevens
by Kylie Sturgess
Curiouser and Curiouser
November 4, 2011
Project Barnum exists to educate the public and venue providers about techniques that psychics and mediums often attempt to pass off as supernatural ability.
“Psychic medium” Ezio de Angelis
by Karen Stollznow
The Good Word
October 28, 2011
I attended Communicating with Spirit, a live performance by De Angelis, unaided by editing.
CSIcon 2011 Preview: Death from the Skies!
by CSI Staff
October 18, 2011
Astronomer Phil Plait worked for ten years on the Hubble Space Telescope and writes the Bad Astronomy blog for Discover magazine.
A review of Transcendent Man Live: a Conversation about the Future
by LaRae Meadows
Voice in the Dark (theater)
October 11, 2011
A mixed bag of content, Transcendent Man Live: a Conversation about the Future perfectly illuminated the problem with discussing science in America.
New Zealand Skepticism in the Shaking City
by Kylie Sturgess
Curiouser and Curiouser
October 7, 2011
Rationalism and Rebuilding at the Christchurch Convention, 2011
