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Wang Siyao is a first-year Business student at Singapore Management University and a self-proclaimed fashion expert. Fuelled by food, you can always catch her at your nearest Haidilao.

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Digital Deities: When does celebrity fandom slip into a cult mentality?

Wang Siyao - 21st June 2024

Being part of a fandom brings many people a sense of fun and joy - but for some, celebrity worship can tip into something more sinister and cult-like

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

4th November 2024

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

30th October 2024

From the archives: The Art of Fakery – Fakes and forgeries at the British Museum

29th October 2024

Menstrual masking: the inadvisable trend of treating acne… with period blood

28th October 2024

From the archives: The Weight of Evidence – Gyroscopes can’t levitate UFOs

22nd October 2024

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

Menstrual masking: the inadvisable trend of treating acne… with period blood

Floral alchemy: the even stranger Brazilian cousin of Bach Flower Remedies

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

Labia peels: it is a very bad idea to apply chemicals to your labia in the name of beauty

The secret to a year-round tan – eating so many carrots you turn orange?

The real-world harm of nutritional misinformation

Does the colour of a pill really influence what kind of placebo effect you’ll experience?

Religion is simply a powerful placebo – offering priests a sense of ritual, but little else

Nobody undergoes egg donation for the money – it is about altruism, not exploitation

From the archives: The Art of Fakery – Fakes and forgeries at the British Museum

From the archives: A skeptical look at astrology

When it comes to science, the standard has to be truth and accuracy – not false balance

From the archives: UFOs Over Russia

The Estes method is an update to the ghost hunter’s Spirit Box, with all the same flaws

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

Med Beds: the futuristic health devices promising to cure you with undefined energy

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

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

From the archives: The Art of Fakery – Fakes and forgeries at the British Museum

From the archives: The Weight of Evidence – Gyroscopes can’t levitate UFOs

Elon Musk beats Dragon’s Den star Steven Bartlett to Rusty Razor pseudoscience award

Dr Flint Dibble wins 2024 Skeptical Activism Ockham award

From the archives: The Weight of Evidence – Gyroscopes can’t levitate UFOs

The Sullivanians, psychoanalysis, and the worst therapy in the world

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

Does the colour of a pill really influence what kind of placebo effect you’ll experience?

Comparing misinformation to a virus is neither accurate nor useful in preventing its spread

Wang Siyao

Latest news

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

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

From the archives: The Art of Fakery – Fakes and forgeries at the British Museum

Menstrual masking: the inadvisable trend of treating acne… with period blood

From the archives: The Weight of Evidence – Gyroscopes can’t levitate UFOs

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