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The Skeptic Zone #407 - 8.August.2016

Aug 07, 201645 min
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0:00:00

Introduction

Richard Saunders

 

0:05:44

Australia's Science Channel

We chat to Dr Paul Willis, director of the Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus) who tells of the new Science Channel and about his many trips to the Antarctic looking for fossils.

http://riaus.tv

10:23 Campaign Against Homeopathy - Antarctic 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQzOidQKafA

Aurora Expeditions

http://www.auroraexpeditions.com.au/ship/polar-pioneer

 

0:22:12

Chiropractor charged with breaching advertising requirements

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) has charged a New South Wales chiropractor with breaching advertising requirements, alleging his website advertised chiropractic services in a way that was likely to be false, misleading or deceptive.

http://www.skeptics.com.au/2016/08/02/chiropractor-charged-with-false-advertising/

 

0:26:06

The Checkout and Pharmacy Woo

ABC TV's 'The Checkout' recently ran a story critical of Australian Chemist shops that sell quackery. Included is an exert from the show and the reading of an open letter regarding Ear Candles.

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/thecheckout/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTcLpY3MWPk

 

0:34:00

Sydney Skeptics in the Pub

We ask the question, when should you give up trying to argue with a conspiracy theorist?

http://www.meetup.com/AustSkeptics

 

Also...

http://australianmuseum.net.au/event/super-science-saturday

http://www.meetup.com/SocialSkepticsCanberra

 

 

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