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Back-masking: you can’t always hear what you want

Sean Slater -
During the Satanic Panic, paranoia that rock music included sinister messages via 'back-masking' made it all the way into the courtroom
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From the archive: The Blondlot Bombshell – the rise and fall of N-rays

Bill Penny -
From the archives in 1991, Bill Penny recounts the experiments which proved that the exciting new field of N-ray research was nothing but self-delusion
Health

Supplements and garlic won’t cure the common cold, despite what the BBC say

Mike Hall -
The BBC reported on home remedies to fight the common cold – but what they gave us were weak, biased, and p-hacked studies
Health

Humans long to cheat death, but is there any validity to life extension technology?

Thiago Vahia Malliagros -
Billionaire Bryan Johnson is the latest figure to hit the headlines in his attempts to defy ageing, but is there anything to life extension technologies?
Alternative Medicine

Leaked footage reveals the ‘psychic’ behind antivaxxer Joseph Mercola

Michael Marshall -
Leaked footage shows leading anti-vaxxer Joseph Mercola calling for people to "march with weapons" against vets, during consultation with ‘psychic’
Archive

From the archive: The New Age and the crisis of belief

Tim Axon -
From the archives in 1991, Tim Axon on the increased popularity of New Age thought and decreased belief in conventional spirituality
Conspiracy Theories

Who runs the world? According to conspiracy theorists, it’s Beyoncé

Pai Jing Wen -
The rumours and conspiracy theories about Beyoncé's rise to the top tell us a lot about how society reacts to women having power and agency
Conspiracy Theories

The conspiracy-adjacent politicians finding allies in Sovereign Citizens

Michael Marshall -
Former politicians like Andrew Bridgen, Ben Habib and Godfrey Bloom happily sat by as conspiracy theorists were taught sovereign citizen legal woo
History

DNA analysis almost certainly hasn’t just solved the mystery of Jack the Ripper

Mike Hall -
DNA analysis claiming that Jack the Ripper was a Polish barber are based less in science and more in our morbid fascination with serial killers

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