Bonus Puzzles for April 2018
Seven pages of Word puzzles, anagrams, riddles, etc in pdf form.
Vic Skeptics Website April 2018 Bonus Puzzles
Enjoy!
Images from the Australian Skeptics Convention 2017
Apologies for the lateness of this posting – but I think you’ll agree – worth the wait.
From the very talented Mal Vickers: click on this link.
AUSTRALIAN SKEPTICS CONVENTION 2017 IMAGES
We’ll take this opportunity to announce (or remind you of) the early arrangements for the 2018 Convention. It will be in Sydney again, on the 13th and 14th of October.
We’ll provide you with more details and a direct link to the Convention site as they come to hand.
3D printing, teeth and human evolution
Dr Varsha Pilbrow spoke at March’s Skeptics Café. Dr Pilbrow is a Lecturer in the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience at Melbourne University.
She specializes in the dental morphology of the living apes, and is currently working on international research projects in the study of fossil hominids and in bioarchaeology, studying the physical anthropology of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites at the cross-roads of major human migration routes. View More 3D printing, teeth and human evolution
Regular Public Lectures, Workshops, etc.
Melbournians are fortunate to have access to many regular events which exist to stimulate inquiry and promote Science, Philosophy and Critical Thinking. These events are open to the public. They are mostly free.
Here are some of them.
ANZAAS Free Public Lectures: Monthly, with weeknight and date as advertised on the website http://www.anzaas.org.au/victoria/
ROYAL SOCIETY of VICTORIA Lecture Program: Fourth Thursday of each Month plus other events as advertised https://rsv.org.au/lecture-program/
UNIVERSITY of MELBOURNE Free Public Lectures: Several each month, weeknights, early evenings as advertised.
http://events.unimelb.edu.au/all/free-public-lecture
View More Regular Public Lectures, Workshops, etc.
Puzzles for April 2018
This April:
- Picture Puzzles atop the Puzzles Page
- Mixed Bag Questions: (Twenty Trivia / General Knowledge questions): 04 April 2018 Mixed bag questions
- A Skeptical Crossword about general Skeptical issues: 92 April 2018 Crossword General
- Logic & Maths Puzzles: Logic and Maths Puzzles 69 April 2018
Enjoy!
Puzzles for March 2018
New for March:
- Picture Puzzles heading the Puzzles Page
- Mixed Bag Questions: (Twenty Trivia / General Knowledge questions): 03 March 2018 Mixed bag questions
- A Skeptical Crossword, with Alt-Med as the theme: 91 Mar 2018 Crossword AltMed
- Logic & Maths Puzzles: Logic and Maths Puzzles 68 March 2018
Enjoy!
Puzzles for February 2018
Our Puzzles Page has been updated. All monthly puzzles from 2016 and 2017 have been placed in a new PUZZLES ARCHIVE 7
Our Puzzles Archives go back to 2010
https://skeptics.cafe/puzzles/puzzles-archives/
New for February are:
- a new set of Picture Puzzles
- Mixed Bag Questions (Twenty Trivia / General Knowledge questions)
- A Skeptical Crossword, this month’s theme being Astrology
- More Logic & Maths Puzzles.
ENJOY!
April 2018 Picture Puzzles – Answers
1. Initiate
2. Discount
3. Footnote
4. Dance band
5. Pollinate
6. Kickback
7. Former
March 2018 Picture Puzzles – Answers
1. Rest in peace
2. Canticle
3. Baa baa black sheep
4. The Cat’s in the Cradle
5. Particle
6. Truncate
7. Idolatry
The Case Against Bread
1. More than 98 percent of convicted felons are bread eaters.
2. Fully HALF of all children who grow up in bread-consuming households score below average on intelligence tests.
3. In the 18th century, when virtually all bread was baked in the home, the average life expectancy was less than 50 years; infant mortality rates were unacceptably high; many women died in childbirth; and diseases such as typhoid, yellow fever and influenza ravaged whole nations.
4. More than 90 percent of violent crimes are committed within 24 hours of eating bread. View More The Case Against Bread