Calendar In 11 August 1999 a avut loc ultima eclipsa de Soare a secolului 20. A fost probabli cea mai urmarita eclipsa a tuturor timpurilor. Cea mai lunga durata a eclipsei putea fi observata in Romania in Ramnicu Valcea. Mii de oameni au fost cu siguranta in strada in contrast cu cetatenii egipteni care au ...continue reading "Sceptici în România – Episodul 73"
Skeptical Reporter for August 2nd, 2013 Moscow police have once again entered the dark realms of the paranormal, busting a Russian “psychic” ring that has been lifting curses for money after scaring clients into thinking they were jinxed. The alleged psychics ran a parapsychology center called Sapphira, complete with a call center. The psychics also ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-08-02"
Skeptical Reporter for July 26th, 2013 If you had placed your bet on the gender of Kate and William’s first royal offspring and you looked for the advice of psychics, you probably made a bad investment. Before the birth of the royal baby, on July 9th, 62% of the 50 psychics surveyed at Psychic Source, ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-07-26"
Discuții personale Despre Pacific Rim și Man of Steel Radovan Karadzic s-a ascuns cu succes drept practicant de medicină alternativă timp de 11 ani http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/jul/22/radovankaradzic.warcrimes?picture=354766381 Pericolele lipsei de scepticism Motiv de sinucidere: o cioara http://www.bangaloremirror.com/article/1/2013071920130719011807824aaa2e739/23yrold-engineer-ends-life-Reason-A-crow-sat-on-his-head.html Operații estetice și zodiace http://www.unica.ro/detalii-...
Skeptical Reporter for July 19th, 2013 Skechers is finally paying back the customers it's accused of deceiving with the false promise that its athletic shoes would magically tone their booties like TV stars. The Federal Trade Commission is mailing more than half a million refund checks to purchasers of Shape-ups and other so-called toning shoes ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-07-19"
Discuții personale Nu toată lumea moare în Muntenegru Vaccinul anti-TBC, posibil motiv de proces împotriva statului http://www.realitatea.net/vaccinul-anti-tbc-motiv-de-proces-in-romania-ce-decizie-au-luat-familiile-bebelusilor-imunizati_1217771.html Calendar Ignaz Semmelweis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis Pericolele lipsei de scepticism O femeie din Petroșani a fost înșelată de trei ori într-o zi http://www.mediafax.ro/social/o-femeie-din-petrosani-a-fost-inselata-prin-telefon-de...
Skeptical Reporter for July 12th, 2013 Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen is planning a trip to Scotland, to hunt for the Loch Ness monster. The Anger Management star, 47, is convinced he can solve the mystery of what lurks in the loch. He revealed his plan on Twitter, posing for a snap in what he called ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-07-12"
Skeptical Reporter for July 5th, 2013 Netherlands is facing a measles outbreak. The number of reported cases of measles in the Bible Belt region has gone up to 161 and five children have been hospitalised, the public health institute declared. The true figure is likely to be higher because not all patients will go to ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-07-05"
Skeptical Reporter for June 28th, 2013 In Scotland, the British Homeopathic Association intends to fight the NHS decision to no longer support homeopathy from public funds. The Association claims the unproven alternative medicine had been the victim of a “hate campaign”. The organization believes the removal of clinics, used by around 500 people a year ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-06-28"
Aparatul Torser este în sfârșit dovedit inutil http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/escrocheria-cu-discul-minune-de-240-de-euro-plin-cu-nisip-1043420.html http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/negustorul-de-aparate-minune-se-lauda-cu-protectia-lui-mazare-1043618.html Pericolele lipsei de scepticism Și vânătoarea de fantome poate fi periculoasă http://www.timesnews.net/article/9063800/woman-accused-of-shooting-bb-gun-at-haunted-tunnel-visitors Educație/Informare științifică Plagiatorii ar putea ajunge la în...
Skeptical Reporter for June 21st, 2013 Announcement: A new petition has been launched that aims at banning Creationism and Intelligent Design in the science classroom by federal law. The petition states: “Even after 150 years after the establishment of evolution, some schools across the US are "teaching the controversy," including Creationism and Intelligent Design. Both ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-06-21"
Ce se întâmplă când inviți un conspiraționist în platou http://www.theweek.co.uk/uk-news/53500/andrew-neill-calls-shock-jock-alex-jones-idiot-video Calendar 17 Iunie 1967, China a testat prima bombă cu hidrogen. În 1950 a avut loc primul transplant de rinichi în Chicago, într-o operație care a durat 45 de minute. Operația a fost efectuată de dr Richard H. Lawler Pericolele lipsei de scepticism 23 de ...continue reading "Sceptici în România – Episodul 69"...
Skeptical Reporter for June 14th, 2013 Jurors at the Michael Jackson trial heard testimony from a surprise witness: the ghost of Michael Jackson! Randy Phillips, CEO of concert promoter AEG Live, testified about a chat he had with his longtime friend Brenda Richie, who claimed to have talked to a medium who had channeled the ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-06-14"
Un interviu rațional despre sistemul public de învățământ, educație, religia în școlile publice și poziția ASUR față de aceste probleme.
Skeptical Reporter for June 7th, 2013 The number of New York parents who had their child skip at least one required vaccine due to religious reasons increased over the past decade, according to a new study. What's more, researchers found counties with high religious exemption rates also had more whooping cough cases - even among ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-06-07"
Conferința Umanistă a fost și ne-a plăcut Calendar: In 2 iunie 1896 primul patent pentru radio i-a fost acordat lui Guglielmo Marconi. Patentul se numeste "Imbunatatiri in transmiterea impulsurilor electrice intr-un aparat asociat" In 2 iunie 1891 Thomas Edison a primit un patent pentru Telegraph Sextuplex In 2 iunie 1883 prima linie de tren supraterana ...continue reading "Sceptici în România – Episodul 68"
Skeptical Reporter for May 24th, 2013 In the United States, Ball State University has agreed to investigate complaints that a course taught by a physics and astronomy professor has crossed a line from being about science to being about Christianity. Science blogs have been discussing the course for a few weeks now. Ball State received ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-05-24"
Oblivion - probleme ştiinţifice http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1483013/?ref_=sr_1 Conferința Umanistă Biletele se vând prin rețeaua Eventim http://www.eventim.ro/ro/bilete/education-science-and-human-rights-bucuresti-palatul-parlamentului-316070/event.html Calendar Steven Jay Gould, decedat la 20 mai 2002 Se împlinesc 11 ani de la decesul lui Stephen Jay Gould, cunoscut om de știință, paleontolog, biolog și istoric al științei. Este cunoscut pentru teoria echilibrului punctat care spune ca, un orga...
Skeptical Reporter for May 17th, 2013 Announcement: Romania will host the first international humanist conference in Eastern Europe, on the 25th of May. The conference „Education, Science and Human Rights” is hosted by the Romanian Humanist Association in partnership with the International Humanist and Ethical Union and the European Humanist Federation. The event will take ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-03-17"...
Skeptical Reporter for May 10th, 2013 Announcement: Romania will host the first international humanist conference in Eastern Europe, on the 25th of May. The conference „Education, Science and Human Rights” is hosted by the Romanian Humanist Association in partnership with the International Humanist and Ethical Union and the European Humanist Federation. The event will take ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-05-10"...
Un interviu rațional cu deputatul Remus Cernea despre finanțarea cultelor. Participați la Conferința Umanistă cumpărând bilete de aici: http://www.eventim.ro/ro/bilete/education-science-and-human-rights-bucuresti-palatul-parlamentului-316070/event.html
Un interviu rațional cu deputatul Remus Cernea pe tema parteneriatului civil. Participați la Conferința Umanistă din 25 mai cumpărând bilete aici: http://www.eventim.ro/ro/bilete/education-science-and-human-rights-bucuresti-palatul-parlamentului-316070/event.html
Anunt important - Conferința Umanistă http://www.eventim.ro/ro/bilete/education-science-and-human-rights-bucuresti-palatul-parlamentului-316070/event.html Pericolele lipsei de scepticism Faith healing promovat în România http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/terapia-salvatoare-cum-ne-putem-vindeca-prin-rugaciune-video-1032894.html În timp ce în America e aplicat cu ”succes” http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/04/24/christian-couple-kills-their-second-child-with-prayer/ Victorie în schimb...
Skeptical Reporter for May 3rd, 2013 Announcement: Romania will host the first international humanist conference in Eastern Europe, on the 25th of May. The conference „Education, Science and Human Rights” is hosted by the Romanian Humanist Association in partnership with the International Humanist and Ethical Union and the European Humanist Federation. The event will take ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-05-03"...
Skeptical Reporter for May 31st, 2013 David Colquhoun (UCL) and Steven Novella (Yale) have written an article on why acupuncture doesn't work. The journal “Anesthesia & Analgesia” has published the article: “Acupuncture is a theatrical placebo” together with another article written by supporters of acupuncture as a form of alternative therapy. On his blog, Colquhoun ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-05-31"
Skeptical Reporter for April 26th, 2013 Jim McCormick has been found guilty of a multi-million-pound fraud involving the sale of fake bomb detectors to Iraq and around the world. A jury found McCormick guilty on three counts of fraud over a scam that included the sale of £55 million of devices based on a novelty ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-04-26"
Skeptical Reporter for April 19th, 2013 Almost 80,000 Australian children are not immunized against deadly diseases, and the highest number live in Sydney's west. Experts say the "baby Einstein" demographic - parents who take an intensive interest in their children's education and health, eat organic food and use alternative medicines - is responsible. Sydney's west ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-04-19"
Pericolele lipsei de scepticism Un reportaj local despre 'secte' și despre aruncarea banilor pe diverși guru http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/pericol-depresia-o-alee-spre-o-secta-1031369.html Un interesant articol istoric despre nutriție http://www.descopera.ro/cultura/10717052-ce-mancau-romanii-acum-100-de-ani Scepticism pe neașteptate Reclame înșelătoare - cașcaval comparat cu muzică și cărți Pseudo-sceptici care fac "debunking" argumentelor unor sceptici http://www.debunkingskeptics.com/Articl...
Skeptical Reporter for April 12th, 2013 In Great Britain, public health officials say a big increase in the demand for MMR vaccinations suggests parents' "legacy of mistrust" over the jab is being overcome. Take-up for the MMR vaccine in the area dropped significantly in the late 1990s when research - which has since been discredited ...continue reading "Skeptical reporter @ 2013-04-12"
Pericolele lipsei de scepticism - Naturopat dat în judecată după ce nașterea "naturală" a lăsat copilul cu leziuni cerebrale severe http://www.khon2.com/mostpopular/story/Heartbroken-mother-suing-alternative-medical/cHUL42Xbv0KTdDxXaAa6_w.cspx Dubioșii săptămânii - un articol spectaculos de la Adevărul http://adevarul.ro/sanatate/medicina-naturista/reportaj-cabinetele-escrocilor-imbogatesc-suferinta-oamenilor-pietre-argila-aur-monoatomic-vandute-leacuri-cancer-1_5155da7700f5182b85645d5e/index.ht...
