From the archives in 1991, the late magician and skeptical entertainer Paul Daniels talks to Michael Hutchinson
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From the archive: Return To Silpho Moor – the Scarborough sky crash of 1957

From the archives in 1990, Roger Ford reassesses reports from the 1957 UFO reports from Silpho Moor, Scarborough

Droning on: shedding a skeptical light on the New Jersey UAP panic

At the end of last year, people began to report mysterious 'UAP' lights above the skies of New Jersey - though the real cause was far more human than alien

Ho Ho Holy Man? Why Santa technically doesn’t quite count as a god

Steeped in ritual, with an almost-omniscient knowledge of children's morality and sleeping habits, should Santa be considered a god?

Spotify Trapped? The algorithm is not what’s keeping you from new music

Accompanying the annual sharing of Spotify listening summaries are accusations that the algorithm holds users back from discovering new music

Lemme Purr: the celebrity-backed wellness gummies trading on intimate insecurities

Backed by Kourtney Kardashian, Lemme Purr gummies incorrectly persuade women they have a problem with their vagina, and then sell them the solution

From the archive: A former Scientologist explains what the cult is all about

From the archives in 1990, former Scientologist John Clarke explains what Scientology is, and what was known at the time about its practices

Does pill packet branding change the placebo response, or is this just another placebo myth?

How expensive a pill packet looks is said to influence the size of its placebo effect but, once again, the evidence is sorely lacking

Studying the promotion of health misinformation by the Bolsonaro government

As Brazilian leader, Bolsonaro was prolific in pushing health misinformation, making him a perfect model for researching how those in power can distort truth