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

Twitter owner Elon Musk has beaten Dragon's Den star Steven Bartlett to the Rusty Razor award for worst pseudoscience of 2024

Dr Flint Dibble wins 2024 Skeptical Activism Ockham award

Dr Flint Dibble, an archaeologist who debated and debunk lost city of Atlantis claims, has received the 2024 Ockham Award for Skeptical Activism.

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.

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

Redemption or ruse? Russell Brand’s conversion to Christianity examined

Comedian turned conspiracist guru Russell Brand recently announced his conversion to Christianity - but is his a story of redemption, or an attempt to evade scrutiny?

Hotels and houseplants: why we should doubt Ellen Langer’s mind-over-matter miracles

Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer's research claims powerful mind-over-matter effects, based on small studies with implausible outcomes - we should be skeptical

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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