From the archives in 1993, Wendy Grossman on the responsibility of publishers whose stable of content spans from the scientific to the preposterous.
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Smoke and mirrors: violent media, cigarettes, and shaky statistics

Is violent media as closely linked to aggression as smoking is to lung cancer? Only if you take at face value heavily cherry-picked research.

Gen Z don’t really think they’re psychic – at least no more so than their elders

New "research" suggests that a third of Gen Z believe they have psychic intuition – based on an online survey with deep methodological flaws.

The demons of Varginha: The cultural context behind Brazil’s famous UFO case

In 1996, three girls claimed to see a strange creature in the Jardim Andere neighbourhood of Varginha, Brazil, kicking off a now-legendary UFO story.

From the archives: A Test for Reincarnation 

From the archives in 1993, Val Dobson proposes a practical method for checking whether claims of past lives and reincarnation really stand up.

How a very wrong Royal horoscope put astrology on the map in Britain

Astrology really found its foothold in Britain in 1930, when the Sunday Express began to publish astrological predictions for the new-born Princess Margaret.

Richard Dawkins and AI: the lights are on, but nobody’s home

When Richard Dawkins claims AI may have consciousness, he's committing the same cognitive blunder as the creationists he has long argued against.

‘God: The Science, The Evidence, The Dawn of a Revolution’… and underwhelming apologetics

'God: The Science, The Evidence, The Dawn of a Revolution', by Michel-Yves Bollore and Olivier Bonnassies, is nothing more than an intelligent design bait-and-switch

From the archives: Tunnel Vision – Is the ‘near-death experience’ just an illusion? 

From the archives in 1993, Brian W. Haines on the spate of claims that people on the verge of death have a Near Death Experience, and see a bright tunnel.

For a truly global humanist movement, we need an International Humanist Institute

Humanism extends beyond Europe and America - to allow the movement to flourish worldwide, we must address the challenge of humanist leadership.

The ‘Quiet Revival’ in British religiosity was only ever a statistical mirage

The much-heralded 'Quiet Revival' report on British youth religiosity has been withdrawn after its data was found to be fraudulent.

Remembering Nick Pope, “the UK’s top UFO expert” (1965-2026)

Nick Pope was the former civil servant who became one of the most prominent figures in ufology on both sides of the pond.
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