CROSSWORD with Religious Imagery as its theme.
June 2017 Skeptical Crossword Puzzle [HTML Version] OR http://skeptics.cafe/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/82-june-2017-crossword-religious-imagery.pdf [pdf Version]
LOGIC PROBLEMS
June 2017 Logic & Maths Problems [HTML Version] OR http://skeptics.cafe/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/59-logic-and-maths-puzzles-june-2017.pdf [pdf Version]
PICTURE PUZZLES and “MIXED BAG” questions are at the top of the Puzzles Page
Enjoy!
1. The Philistines
2. 1890s, 1930s
3. B. clever
4. Stalactites hang down. Stalagmites stick up.
5. Naples
6. Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II
7. B. Part of a horse’s foot
8. One of Australia’s two active volcanos, it erupted and doubled its size
9. The Dig Tree of the Burke and Wills Expedition
10. Everyone
HARDER:
11. The first international website
12. Earl of Pembroke
13. Iodine
14. Yellow
15. New South Wales. Its platypus is a monotreme
16. Surveying
17. Nepal (5¾ hours ahead of GMT)
18. They’re all dead. (It’s in the Southern Hemisphere’s largest cemetery complex)
19. HMS ENDEAVOUR
20. Win gold medals (in different sports) in both the Summer and Winter Olympics
“To deny the opposite of the veracity” = to deny falsehood = to affirm the truth
“I guarantee that it is untenable” = it cannot be maintained
Tickets are now available for Skepticon, the 33rd Australian Skeptics National Convention, November 2017
The Skeptical highlight of the year, our 33rd convention is being organised by Think Inc, and will be held on November 18-19, 2017, at the City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney.
This promises to be a great event, with speakers including: science media star Dr Karl; astronomer Prof Alan Duffy; YouTube super-debunker Captain Dissolution; comedian and MC Lawrence Leung; former naturopath and now critic of alt med Britt Hermes; doctor and TV personality Dr Brad McKay; award winning documentary maker Sonya Pemberton; Walkley award-winner journalist Kathy Marks; and doctor-cum-magician Dr Vyom Sharma.
More great speakers will be announced soon.
Tickets HERE
Imagine you have an ordinary one litre jug. Two things which I’m sure you’d agree with are that you couldn’t pour more than a litre of water into it or empty more than one litre out of it.
Now imagine you had two such jugs, one full to the brim with water and the other empty. Pour the water from one jug to the other and back again. Repeat this process as often as you like. Is there any way you could imagine that you’d end up with more than one litre of water split between the two jugs? 
The logical answer is “No.” In fact, due to spillage and evaporation, it’s more likely that you’d end up with less than one litre of water.
This is a fairly accurate representation of one of the most basic principles of physics, known as Conservation of Energy. This principle states that energy can change form, but can’t be destroyed or created. A good example of this is the production of household electricity in Australia. Most electricity in Australia is generated by burning coal. The coal has chemical energy. When it’s burned, it releases heat energy.
This energy heats water to steam, which turns a turbine (kinetic energy). The turbine drives a generator, producing electrical energy. We then use this electrical energy for heating, cooling, running the TV, and so on. View More A Skeptic’s Guide to Free Energy Machines
