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Michael Marshall is the project director of the Good Thinking Society and president of the Merseyside Skeptics Society. He is the co-host of the Skeptics with a K podcast, interviews proponents of pseudoscience on the Be Reasonable podcast, has given skeptical talks all around the world, and has lectured at several universities on the role of PR in the media. He became editor of The Skeptic in August 2020.

Could AI help fix the issues of ineffective alternative medicine regulation?

A new study uses AI to identify misleading health claims, showing that with the right motivation and technology, proper regulation of alternative medicine is possible

The wealthy, conservative American Christian groups pushing anti-abortion protests in the UK

"Woman arrested for praying" is the latest in a string of legal cases used by US conservative Christian organisations to fight against progress in the UK

The UK riots showed why we have to dismantle the far-right’s misinformation machines

The UK riots were powered by misinformation - in plain sight on Twitter, and through racist conspiracy theories in covert Telegram groups

The Ockham Awards 2024: recognising the best in skepticism, and the worst in pseudoscience

Nominations for the 2024 Ockham Awards are now open, with our annual award for Skeptical Activism and our Rusty Razor award for pseudoscience.

What does the recent UK election mean for skepticism and pseudoscience?

The recent UK election saw conspiracy theorists and climate change deniers leave office, and pseudoscience candidates fail at the ballot box

How many young people deny the Holocaust? The truth might actually surprise you

Recent news stories declared that a fifth of all young Americans believe the Holocaust is a myth - however the finding owed more to online polling weaknesses than to antisemitism

Toby Young’s Daily Sceptic and Free Speech Union are no allies of critical thinkers

Toby Young's Daily Sceptic vociferously champions pseudoscientific conclusions, while his Free Speech Union defends those positions with which he agrees.

Bit of a Reach: media buy-outs and brutal cost-cutting have left an open door for PR nonsense

UK newspapers are awash with nonsensical PR stories based on dubious research - is it any wonder public trust in the media has fallen so far?
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