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Wendy M. Grossman
https://www.pelicancrossing.net/
Wendy M. Grossman is founder and (twice) former editor of The Skeptic, and a freelance writer.
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From the archives: The power of the publisher
Wendy M. Grossman
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26th May 2026
From the archives in 1993, Wendy Grossman on the responsibility of publishers whose stable of content spans from the scientific to the preposterous.
Archive
From the archives: Notions of belief – Memes, metaphors, and Richard Dawkins
Wendy M. Grossman
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7th April 2026
From the archives in 1992, Wendy Grossman is unconvinced by Richard Dawkins' version of religion is a memetic virus.
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Wendy Grossman remembers the late TV presenter John Stapleton
Wendy M. Grossman
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7th October 2025
After the death of TV presenter John Stapleton, former editor of The Skeptic Wendy Grossman reflects on meeting Stapleton on air in 1992
Archive
From the archives: American irritation with irrigation
Wendy M. Grossman
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29th July 2025
From the archives in 1991, Wendy Grossman considers the various efforts to irrigate the USA's driest regions over the years
Archive
From the archives: ‘Brainsex’, and the folly of sex-based neuroscience
Wendy M. Grossman
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15th July 2025
From the archives in 1991, Wendy Grossman debunks 'Brainsex', which argues for biological differences between male and female brains
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Virulent: The Vaccine War – a close-up look at the American antivax movement
Wendy M. Grossman
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3rd February 2023
"Virulent: The Vaccine War", screening online this weekend, is a well-executed portrait of the American anti-vaxx movement as it's developed over time
Conspiracy Theories
Though it remains unlikely, we’ve too little data to fully rule out the lab leak hypothesis… yet
Wendy M. Grossman
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3rd September 2021
While the recent US intelligence report ruled out claims that Covid had been deliberately create, it did not come to a conclusion on the lab leak hypothesis
Covid-19
Making vaccines convenient and accessible helps minimise the impact of vaccine hesitancy
Wendy M. Grossman
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31st May 2021
Tackling vaccine hesitancy is less about ‘nudging’ us, and more about removing the barriers to accessing vaccines
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The Skeptic Podcast – Episode 067
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