Skepticism

Project Blue Beam is finally happening… as long as you cherry pick very carefully

Nick Garratt -
'Project Blue Beam' claimed there was proposed a four-step plan for the New World Order taking over, and conspiracy theorists think we're now seeing it
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Paranormal

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Archive

From the archive: when The Skeptic met an immortality cult, live on TV

Wendy M. Grossman -
From the archives in 1991, founder of The Skeptic Wendy Grossman recounts her encounter with the CBJ immortality cult
Wellness

New Year, New You, New Woo: 2025’s health and beauty ‘microtrends’

Alice Howarth -
Every new year comes with a fresh list of do's and don'ts from beauty and wellness influencers, as social media speeds up 'microtrends'
Conspiracy Theories

The Southport attack wasn’t ideologically motivated; the misinformation around it is

Michael Marshall -
Why is the British public more likely to believe misinformation about the Southport killer now than they did at the time of the attack?
Conspiracy Theories

Understanding the origins of the 15-Minute City panic takes just 30 minutes

Tim Jokl -
15-Minute Cities, where amenities are within easy reach of your home, are nothing new. Yet they became the bête noire of conspiracy theorists
Archive

From the archive: fears over hidden Satanism in Procter & Gamble’s logo

Toby Howard -
From the archives in 1991, is Satan lurking in the logo of Procter & Gamble, or is there a more plausible explanation?
Placebo Effect

An overdose on placebo pills can cause adverse reactions… but not because of the nocebo effect

Mike Hall -
A man who overdosed on experimental pills felt sure he was dying, until he found out he was in the placebo arm... but it was not a nocebo effect.
Psychics

The Telepathy Tapes is wrong – autistic children don’t have supernatural powers

Michael Marshall -
The Telepathy Tapes podcast claims non-verbal children have remarkable supernatural powers, based on flawed experiments and unconstrained belief
Health

People with Alzheimer’s deserve care and dignity – not false hope of miracle cures

Lena Bohman -
Millions of dollars wasted on retracted studies promising Alzheimer's cures could instead have been spent improving the lives of people with dementia

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