Nutrition

AG1 from Athletic Greens are arguably the Lazarus of nutritional supplements

Bronwyn Rideout -
Athletic Greens' "AG1" supplement range come with celebrity endorsements, slick marketing... and overblown nutritional claims.
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Paranormal

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Society

Socialwashing: How fair is ‘Fair Trade’, and how is the average consumer meant to know?

Thomas van Haaren -
Like its cousin 'greenwashing', 'socialwashing' uses confusing and unclear labelling to mislead consumers about the social impacts of a product.
Archive

From the archives: Psychic Diary – The Flixton Woodpecker

Toby Howard -
From the archives in 1993, Toby Howard explains how even mysterious tapping sounds that befuddle authorities can have perfectly natural origins.
Homeopathy

Meeting the burden of evidence: How homeopathy is like plate tectonics… and how it differs

Mark Horne -
Ideas once dismissed as scientifically implausible can turn out to be true - but only if they can meet the evidentiary burden required for proof.
Race Science

Why it is reasonable to label Nathan Cofnas’ race realism as pseudoscientific

Pieter Beck -
"Race realist" Nathan Cofnas claims his "hereditarianist" viewpoint is scientifically accurate - by citing pseudoscientific research and misleading rhetoric.
Nutrition

With the increasing awareness of menopause symptoms comes a rush by supplement companies to cash in

Katrina Borthwick -
More and more, women on social media are being bombarded by ads and sponsored posts promising solutions to menopause symptoms.
Archive

From the archives: Unravelling the mysteries of creativity

Margaret Boden -
From the archives in 1993, Margaret Boden looks at the mystery and paradox of human creativity, and where creative ideas come from.
Conspiracy Theories

President Bukele’s head of marketing Lina Seiche uses misleading techniques to sell autocracy online

Ed Hewitt -
Lina Seiche began as a cryptocurrency influencer, but has risen to become a close aid of El Salvadoran autocrat Nayib Bukele.
Politics

The network pushing extremism at the University of Cambridge – and why it should matter to skeptics

Michael Marshall -
Skeptics should be wary of a network of wealthy interests undermining academic freedom and credibility, at prestigious Cambridge University and across our media
Science

The longevity protocol of dasatinib and quercetin has shown some promise… but so far, only in mice

Brian Goncus -
While some early mouse studies show promise for a dasatinib and quercetin longevity cocktail, evidence doesn't yet suggest humans can benefit
Archive

From the archives: At the frontiers of science – cataloguing the anomalies and curiosities of nature

William R Corliss -
From the archives in 1993, William R Corliss summarises lessons learned from the first 86 issues of Science Frontiers magazine.
Technology

The Turing test is no longer fit for purpose – we need a new benchmark for machine intelligence

Richard Glover -
When the Turing Test was first proposed, it was never designed to be a definitive test for genuine artificial intelligence.

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