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Lemme Purr: the celebrity-backed wellness gummies trading on intimate insecurities
Alice Howarth
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18th December 2024
Alternative Medicine
First do no harm? Treatments don’t need to be harmless, as long they do good
Edzard Ernst
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27th November 2024
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Moroccan Argan oil is an interesting traditional product, but it’s certainly no panacea
Alice Howarth
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18th November 2024
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Animals, acupuncture and alt-med: the Brazilian penguin being subjected to Enya
Natália Pasternak
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11th November 2024
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Wim Hof: the self-described ‘Ice man’ whose extreme health claims leave many cold
Michael Marshall
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30th October 2024
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Does pill packet branding change the placebo response, or is this just another placebo myth?
Mike Hall
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16th December 2024
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Studying the promotion of health misinformation by the Bolsonaro government
Cesar Baima
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13th December 2024
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It’s far to soon too tell patients platelet-rich plasma injections can treat infertility
Alice Howarth
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4th December 2024
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First do no harm? Treatments don’t need to be harmless, as long they do good
Edzard Ernst
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27th November 2024
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Pacemakers don’t work when they’re switched off – we should doubt studies that say otherwise
Mike Hall
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25th November 2024
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From the archive: The man who invented the flying saucer
Roger Ford
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10th December 2024
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From the archive: Memory, fantasy and past lives – reflections on past life regressions
Michael Heap
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3rd December 2024
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From the archive: Many Happy Returns – Are past-life regressions evidence for reincarnation?
Melvin Harris
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19th November 2024
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From the archives:Â The Art of Fakery – Fakes and forgeries at the British Museum
Mike Howgate
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29th October 2024
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Anthony Garrett
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8th October 2024
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Dave Hahn
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9th December 2024
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Comparing misinformation to a virus is both accurate and useful in preventing its spread
Sander van der Linden
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5th November 2024
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2000 mules: why many Americans are convinced Trump won the 2020 election
Jim Cliff
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4th November 2024
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Welcome to the modern American Right – the world that high weirdness built
Aaron Rabinowitz
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14th October 2024
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Donald Trump’s debate performance proved he has mainstreamed extreme conspiracy theories
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Ho Ho Holy Man? Why Santa technically doesn’t quite count as a god
Kat Ford
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23rd December 2024
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Nick Garratt
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20th December 2024
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From the archive:Â A former Scientologist explains what the cult is all about
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17th December 2024
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Huge social media accounts glorify ancient architecture, while whitewashing the past
Mark Horne
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11th December 2024
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Will we soon face AI-related risks? Maybe, but they are probably overestimated
Georgy Kurakin
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6th December 2024
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Scientific publication is now fully digital – so who is responsible for preserving our archives?
Cesar Baima
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20th November 2024
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HADD its day: there’s no evidence for an inherited hyperactive agency detection device
Kat Ford
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13th November 2024
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Unborn in the USA: being honest about IUDs could help us fight the anti-abortion movement
Colin Brewer
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12th November 2024
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The evidence for pill colour impacting placebo effects gets flimsier the more you examine it
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Rachel Carthy lives a troglodyte existence in a book-lined den somewhere in south-east London.
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Reinventing the Past: Why rely on orthodox historical study when you can invent your own?
Rachel Carthy
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1st September 2001
From the archives, Rachel Carthy looks at the burgeoning free-for-all she calls cryptohistory
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