This month, we have again snared the talent of guest cruciverbalist Roy Arnott. As a result, the May 2012 Skeptical Crossword comes in two versions: with standard clues and with cryptic clues. There’s an unusually large crop of Mixed Bag questions to mark Trivia month at Skeptics Café, and seven new Picture Puzzles. Click on the Puzzles tab at the top of the page.
Victorian Skeptics
The official blog of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Skeptics
Next Events
Monday 15 July 2013
Speaker: Dr Louis Roller
Topic: Vitamins: a panacea for all ills?
Monday 19 August 2013
Speaker: Professor David Karoly
Topic: Lies, damn lies and “climate change sceptics”
Details on the events page
Meet us
Every third Monday of the month the Victorian Branch of the Australian Skeptics hosts a talk or event held at:
LA NOTTE RESTAURANT,
140 Lygon Street, CarltonJoin us for an informal meal and social chat with like-minded people at the restaurant from 6 pm.
Alternatively, you can turn up at 8 pm for the speaker or event in the function room at the rear of the restaurant.
Go to the events tab on this page for more details or check the notice above for upcoming events.
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Vic Skeptics You Tube channel.
Check out our “Bed of Nails” video. Snippets from third Mondays at La Notte, behind the scenes at the 10:23 campaign and many more skeptical videos.The Skeptic
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YAS Blog Anthology
The Young Australian Skeptics Blog Anthology is out now!
This collection features some of the best online skeptical writing of recent years, as nominated by readers.
The book includes contributions from
Dr Phil Plait of “Bad Astronomy”
Dr Karen Stollznow of the Point of Inquiry Podcast
Brian Thompson of The Amateur Scientist podcast
Skepticblog’s Daniel Loxton and Yau-Man Chan
New York City Skeptics’ Lisa Bauer
UK Skeptic Dr Chris French
Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe’s Evan Bernstein
... and many others!
The e-book is available here or visit the Young Australian Skeptics website.Placebo Band
Placebo Bands can be purchased at the web site of our good friends the SkepticBros. Only $2 and they work just as well as the real thing :)Skeptical teachers
Vic Skeptics are supporters of education, particularly good Science teaching. We hope some of this material will be useful to you.
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