10:23 Challenge - Homeopathy: there’s nothing in it

Last Saturday, volunteer groups all over the world staged an overdose campaign. People deliberately took massive overdoses of commercially bought homoeopathic products to show that there is nothing in them. A Toronto group took part in the worldwide event.
The worldwide event, called the 10:23 Challenge is based on a classical demonstration of the absurdity of [...]

Visiting Tundra Trek at Toronto Zoo

Tundra Trek is the newest addition at Toronto Zoo. Although the exhibit is very large, it displays only six species, but it does so in a way that takes into account animal welfare as well as the desires and educational needs of a demanding public.

Quackademia Is Crumbling - Another Homoeopathy Course Has Stopped

After refusing to provide information about its homoeopathy course, Robert Gordon University has announced that it has stopped.

The 2009 Pigasus Awards have been announced

The Pigasus Awards, the Nobel Prizes of irrationality, are given out every year by the James Randi Educational Foundation to honour people and organisations that have distinguished themselves in their efforts to promote irrationality.

Book review - The greatest show on earth: the evidence for evolution

Religionists often claim that there is no evidence for Darwin’s theory of evolution. World-famous biologist and author Richard Dawkins takes them on and shows how wrong this claim is.

Did NC Judge Ned Mangum go too far in home-schooling case?

A judge ordered a home-schooling mother to send her children back to public school. The Internet is buzzing with accusations. Did the judge actually go too far? How selective reporting can influence public opinion.