International Skeptics United

Interview with Daniel Dennett; This Day in Skepticism: Answering Machine; News Items: Nvidia Debunks Moon Hoax, GMO Feeding Trial, Touch Pareidolia, Betavoltaics; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Short legs, the power of prayer, cooking eggs and Coca-Cola Life. Plus amicable relationships, hanging around in graveyards, gullibility and omniscience.  Subjectively true for you, it’s Skeptics with a K.

The  second of three special editions of Little Atoms from Mind’s Eye, an audio installation at Brighton Digital Festival, featuring a number of interviews with space people. The second show features interviews with Sandra Cauffman, Deputy Project Manager of MAVEN, Hakan Svedhem, Project Scientist on Venus Express, and Dr Katherine Joy of the University of […]

This week, are we on the verge of being able to print a new kidney or liver? And will every home soon have a machine in it to make medicines so we don't need to head off to the chemist for a dose of antibiotics? This is the world of 3D printing and we'll show you what it promises to deliver... Plus, in the news, is fracking contaminating underground water or is it just leaky pipes? And a new breakthrough therapy for multiple sclerosis...

This Day in Skepticism: Hershey-Chase Experiment; News Items: NASA Crew Capsules, Universe Ending Bubble, Genetics of Schizophrenia, NAS Biotech Counsel, Artificial Sweeteners and Diabetes

Wow, God must exist because there’s no other explanation for this horrible travesty of a Christian film. It is supernaturally bad. In part one of an 8 part series, we cover the first half of God’s Not Dead, which is apparently just a Jack Chick tract with a larger budget. Josh Wheaton, heroic fresh-faced Christian […]

The first of three special editions of Little Atoms from Mind’s Eye, an audio installation at Brighton Digital Festival, featuring a number of interviews with space people. The first show features interviews with Gerhard Schwehm, Mission Manager for Rosetta, Dr Caitriona Jackman of Southampton University on Cassini and Dr Peter Grindrod of UCL on Mars. […]

Have you been hacked? This week we examine the risks from public WiFi, why the Internet of Things is jeopardising the security of your home, the threats frequently lurking inside innocent-looking documents, what your mobile phone says to cybercriminals without your say-so and the new method of marketing: you compromise your competitor's website. Plus, in the news, an update on ebola, do bereaved people really die of a broken heart, and DNA points the finger at a Jack the Ripper suspect...

This Day in Skepticism: Phineas Gage; News Items: Jack the Ripper Claim, Common Core, Canada's War on Science, Dreadnaughtus, Supplement Company Sues over Criticism, Brian Dunning; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Correction; Science or Fiction

Wikipedia, Proton Beam Therapy and Skeptics in the Pub.  Plus science outreach, travelling light and talking to people you disagree with. Flying by the seat of our pants, it’s Skeptics with a K.

This week we're looking to nature to solve some of today's biggest problems - from climate change to water shortages. We hear how spiders hold the key to making the strongest material known to man and how insect ears have inspired the world's smallest microphone. Plus, why Bruce Willis might be making you fat, the Arctic ice sheets that are melting despite headlines to the contrary, and why thousands of languages are on the brink of extinction...

James Bridle is a writer, artist, publisher and technologist usually based in London, UK. His work covers the intersection of literature, culture and the network. He has written for WIRED, ICON, Domus, Cabinet, the Atlantic and many other publications, and writes a regular column for the Observer newspaper on publishing and technology. In 2011, he coined the term “New Aesthetic”, […]

This New Age alternative health fad has people swishing vegetable oil in their mouth hoping to cure a wide variety of medical conditions.

0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders   0:05:25 Michael Kruse from Bad Science Watch Bad Science Watch is an independent non-profit consumer protection watchdog and science advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of Canadians by countering bad science.   0:32:45 Your Stars For April With our very own Astrologger, Dr Duarf Ekaf   0:38:50A Week in Science The Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus) is a national scientific not-for-profit organisation with a mission to bring science to people and people to science.   0:41:40 Sydney Skeptics in the Pub A chat to some pubbers about other events going on around Sydney

If you don't listen to episode 291 of The Reality Check you'll probably regret it for the rest of your life. Pat leads off the show with a skeptical look at the product Mozi-Q which is a pill that claims to be a mosquito repellent. Next, Adam answers a listener question about whether or not rain melts snow. Darren closes out the show with an examination of what's better between wood and plastic cutting boards.