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The 108th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle

Well, there’s something new. After nearly four years, I don’t recall having seen a Skeptics’ Circle meeting quite like this one before. The 108th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle has landed at Podblack Cat, and it’s a doozy. In fact, it’s a video podcast. Be sure to go and check it out. Next up is […]

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Holy crap! I’m late with my reminder

I usually do this over the weekend before, but better late than never, right? In any case, the 108th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle is fast approaching. In fact, it’s a mere two and a half days away! This time around, it will land in the very capable hands of Podblack Cat on Thursday, March […]

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I feel an eruption coming on…

…well, not really. It’s just that I wanted to welcome the newest addition to the ScienceBlogs Collective, Dr. Erik Klemetti, a geologist who spends most of his professional time thinking about magma, and likes to blog about it at Eruptions. Check it out, and enjoy!

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Announcements Skepticism/critical thinking

The 107th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle: OMG! A podcast!

Well, here’s a new way of hosting a Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle. What we have this time is the combination of a minimalist presentation of the relevant links with a maximalist bit of podcast blather from Theo Clark of The Skeptics’ Field Guide. Go check it out! Next up is PodBlack Cat on March […]

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Announcements Antivaccine nonsense Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Entertainment/culture Medicine Popular culture Quackery

Calling all Air America fans, calling all Air America fans!

Crank alert! Age of Autism has announced that David Kirby and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will be on the David Bender Show at 1:15 PM today. It would be nice if, to counter the antivaccine activists, reality-based listeners would call in, although I am very pessimistic that Bender would give them a fair shake, given […]