Something like 6 billion people gathered in the upstairs of the Rugby Tavern last night for our tenth sciency meet-up.

Naturally, most folk came to network with fellow scientists. But our numbers might, just might, have been swelled by the presence of a celebrity or two.

James ‘The Amazing’ Randi, skeptic and promoter of rational, critical thinking—was the star attraction. This is the guy who offers a $1 million prize to anyone who can prove any paranormal or supernatural powers under test conditions. No one has claimed that prize.

Plait and Randi – gagging for a witty caption

Almost as famous is Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer. Phil is another proponent of the skeptical movement, debunking dodgy space and astronomy claims.

And here’s physicist and broadcaster Professor Brian Cox, with his partner Gia Milinovich (film producer and occasional voice of Nature’s podcast), plus geneticist and Skeptics in the Pub host Sid Rodrigues (yet to gain a Wikipedia entry, but he’s working on it).

Thanks to everyone who came along – we’ll try and organise the next one for late May. Stay tuned…