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A few months ago, the last edition of The Skeptic rolled off the presses. After 44 years of keeping the psychics, astrologers and homeopaths honest, Australia’s leading magazine of critical thought has closed.

When the Australian Skeptics launched their magazine in 1981, it made Australia a world leader in debunking misinformation.

That first edition carried news of the Australian tour of a paranormal investigator who debunked water divining and spoon bending, an investigation of “psychic surgery”, and lab tests of an alien exo-material (revealed, sadly, to be fibreglass).

Tim Mendham, edi

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