The Skeptic Zone #423 - 27.November.2016

The Skeptic Zone

0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders

0:05:26 Grain of Salt.... with Eran Segev More in the series of interviews from QED. This week Eran chats to Myles Power, a youtuber who fights misinformation on GMOs, Black Salve and MMS or Miracle Mineral Supplement (Bleech!)

https://www.youtube.com/user/powerm1985

http://www.mylespower.co.uk

0:15:25 Brew Ha Ha: Science in less time than it takes to order a coffee With Tania Meyer Book your next holiday to China! They've just opened up their 500m Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) to the public. It's the largest of its kind in the world. Now that's telescope tourism! Where would you go as part of your science bucket list?

What would you put on your science bucket list? http://bit.ly/2cHmGmd

Even further reading via Quartz: http://bit.ly/2cy4Wqa

0:17:03 Maynard's Spooky Action... An Evening with Lisa Randall The good people at Think Inc. brought Dr Lisa Randall to Australia for a national tour. Maynard and his trusty microphone head for the Sydney event to report on the night. Includes interviews with Dr Randall, Signe Dean, Ian Bryce, William Broughm and more.

https://www.thinkinc.org.au/events

0:30:03 Mind Body Wallet from 1998 A report by Dr Trevor Case from the pages of the Skeptic Magazine.

See page 59 of this PDF http://tinyurl.com/jhntpvn

0:37:43 Australian Skeptics Awards from 2016 Who will win the Bent Spoon Award... who will be Skeptic of the Year.... who will be awarded life membership... and who will get 'The Fred' Award? Find out with a report from the convention.

Also...

NZ Skeptics Conference

http://conference.skeptics.nz

Michael Marshall - Sydney Skeptics in the Pub - 29 Nov.

https://www.meetup.com/austskeptics/

The Sydney Freecon - December 9, 10 &11, 2016 - 188 William St. Earlwood Contact Gary on Twitter - @SydneyFuturian