Skeptical News - April 2003

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30 Apr 03 Burying classroom talk of the afterlife The Scotsman
30 Apr 03 Are we all doomed? Independent
30 Apr 03 Research fails to land the definitive answer The Times
29 Apr 03 Poison in your remedy The Times
29 Apr 03 Dawkins attacks 'educational debauchery' of creationist schools Guardian
29 Apr 03 Brave new world or miniature menace? Why Charles fears grey goo nightmare Guardian
29 Apr 03 Religion versus science might be all in the mind Sydney Morning Herald
28 Apr 03 Trouble brewing in your future? Evening News (Scotland)
28 Apr 03 'Creationist' schools attacked BBC
28 Apr 03 Prince sparks row over nanotechnology Guardian
28 Apr 03 Don't panic: flu, malaria and falling down stairs are bigger killers Guardian
28 Apr 03 A regular haunt Newcastle Evening Chronicle
28 Apr 03 Schools to teach 'creationism' BBC
27 Apr 03 The bio-terrorism of nature The Observer
27 Apr 03 Research proves the existence of a 'sixth sense' Sunday Herald (Scotland)
26 Apr 03 Record signs up Uri Geller (...and sinks even lower in the "Skeptics like your newspaper" stakes) Daily Record (Scotland)
26 Apr 03 I'm a celebrity get me into the Daily Record (By Uri Geller!  Actually there's masses of fatuous twaddle like this by him, but I'm not going to put it all up here: it's frankly too bad!) Daily Record (Scotland)
26 May 03 The Psychic Barber (Filled with yet more reasons why the Skeptical struggle must go on) Daily Record (Scotland)
26 Apr 03 An Intelligent Person's Guide to Religion (Book Review) Independent
25 Apr 03 The truth is out there (Profile) Bangkok Post
25 Apr 03 Mobile mast 'spreading cancer' Telegraph
24 Apr 03 Government stops funding for BSE critic The Times
24 Apr 03 Political correctness ‘is stifling genetic advancement’ The Times
24 Apr 03 Chocolates and homeopathy ('Bad Science' column) Guardian
23 Apr 03 Judge overturns Potter 'ban' BBC
23 Apr 03 Prophets of doom (Book Reviews) The Times
22 Apr 03 Scientific views of Biblical miracles BBC
22 Apr 03 Uninformed health tips Telegraph
21 Apr 03 HIV/Aids: How Far Can Traditional Healers Go? This Day (Lagos)
20 Apr 03 Excellent 'Doonesbury' about evolution and President Bush Doonesbury
20 Apr 03 Placebo prince Telegraph
20 Apr 03 Complementary therapy research boost BBC
20 Apr 03 Judgment day: Is 'the spear that pierced Christ on the cross' genuine? Forensic scientists decide The Sunday Times
20 Apr 03 The end of the road? (Book Review) The Sunday Times
19 Apr 03 Natural conclusion (Book Review of Nurture Via Nature) The Guardian
19 Apr 03 Simon, we've got your number The Times
19 Apr 03 Prince calls for herbal healing The Scotsman
19 Apr 03 60 Second interview:  Craig Hamilton Parker Metro
18 Apr 03 Is handwriting analysis legit science? The Straight Dope
18 Apr 03 National Herbs Service Daily Record (Scotland)
17 Apr 03 Apes and antibiotics ('Bad Science' column) Guardian
17 Apr 03 Britons keen on complementary medicine BBC
17 Apr 03 Put away childish things Guardian
16 Apr 03 'More tea, vicar?' Guardian
15 Apr 03 Seductions of pseudoarchaeology: Pseudoscience in Cyberspace Archaeology
14 Apr 03 Homoeopathy dealers allege harassment The Times of India
13 Apr 03 We Test Derren Brown (No Skeptics allowed!) The Sun
12 Apr 03 TV ghost team to haunt city vaults The Evening News (Scotland)
12 Apr 03 The Psychic Barber Daily Record (Scotland)
12 Apr 03 UCI Professor Faces Pending Lawsuit New University (University of California at Irvine)
11 Apr 03 Background: From ear candles to stone therapy (an excellent three part skeptical series on alternative medicine from Finland) Helsingin Sanomat
11 Apr 03 People are often easy prey for quacks Helsingin Sanomat
11 Apr 03 Psychologist ponders human gullibility Helsingin Sanomat

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