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Mark Horne

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Mark Horne is a former board member of the Merseyside Skeptics Society. He currently works in higher education fundrasing and has previously been a copywriter, researcher and campaigner.

http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/

Skepticism

How to start having better arguments, according to the evidence

Mark Horne, Matt Kemp - 6th November 2020

What does the evidence tell us about how to engage with people we disagree with? Mark Horne and artist Matt Kemp find out.

Nutrition

How to Cook That, with Ann Reardon: cooking tutorials with baked-in skepticism

Mark Horne - 29th October 2020

Ann Reardon's uber-successful cookery YouTube channel smuggles in good, solid skepticism among the Spongebob Squarepants cakes

Reviews

Behind the Bastards, with Robert Evans: an infectiously enthusiastic dive into the darkness

Mark Horne - 25th September 2020

Behind the Bastards is an irreverent and upbeat dive into often extremely dark subject matter, delivered with infectious enthusiasm.

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

First do no harm? Treatments don’t need to be harmless, as long they do good

Moroccan Argan oil is an interesting traditional product, but it’s certainly no panacea

Animals, acupuncture and alt-med: the Brazilian penguin being subjected to Enya

Wim Hof: the self-described ‘Ice man’ whose extreme health claims leave many cold

Madmonq, or how not even video gamers are safe from the nutritional supplement industry

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

Studying the promotion of health misinformation by the Bolsonaro government

It’s far to soon too tell patients platelet-rich plasma injections can treat infertility

First do no harm? Treatments don’t need to be harmless, as long they do good

The recent New Jersey drone scare tells us a lot about how panics spread

From the archive: Paul Daniels, the Philosophical Prestidigitator

From the archive: Return To Silpho Moor – the Scarborough sky crash of 1957

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

From the archive: The man who invented the flying saucer

Left-wing conspiracy theories and ‘missing’ votes in the wake of Trump’s election win

Comparing misinformation to a virus is both accurate and useful in preventing its spread

2000 mules: why many Americans are convinced Trump won the 2020 election

Welcome to the modern American Right – the world that high weirdness built

Donald Trump’s debate performance proved he has mainstreamed extreme conspiracy theories

The recent New Jersey drone scare tells us a lot about how panics spread

From the archive: Paul Daniels, the Philosophical Prestidigitator

The ‘questionstorm’ teaching method, and the natural curiosity of students

Conclave raises fascinating hypothetical scenarios within the Catholic Church

The assisted dying conversation requires sensitive and compassionate debate

Will we soon face AI-related risks? Maybe, but they are probably overestimated

Scientific publication is now fully digital – so who is responsible for preserving our archives?

HADD its day: there’s no evidence for an inherited hyperactive agency detection device

Unborn in the USA: being honest about IUDs could help us fight the anti-abortion movement

The evidence for pill colour impacting placebo effects gets flimsier the more you examine it

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Madmonq, or how not even video gamers are safe from the nutritional supplement industry

The recent New Jersey drone scare tells us a lot about how panics spread

From the archive: Paul Daniels, the Philosophical Prestidigitator

The ‘questionstorm’ teaching method, and the natural curiosity of students

Conclave raises fascinating hypothetical scenarios within the Catholic Church

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