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Covid-19

What does Covid-safe dentistry look like?

Shaun Sellars - 19th January 2021

Dentists are quite literally in the firing line when it comes to COVID-19, but we're taking every precaution possible to treat patients safely.

Conspiracy Theories

Meet the conspiracy theorists who believe Covid isn’t real… because viruses don’t exist

Frank Visser - 14th January 2021

In the world of the virus deniers, not only is the novel coronavirus fake, but viruses themselves don't actually exist.

Covid-19

I’ll get the Covid vaccine – here’s why I’m telling you, and why you should tell everyone too

Matthew Reynolds - 6th January 2021

We can all play an active role in helping achieve Covid-19 vaccination coverage by limiting the spread of misplaced vaccine fear.

Alternative Medicine

The Outbrain drain: why newspaper sites have run thousands of scam ads

Michael Marshall - 4th January 2021

The news media is in an income crisis, but the solution cannot be for newspapers to lend their reputations to scams and fakers

Nutrition

Start 2021 the right way: scrap those plans to go on a diet

Pixie Turner - 2nd January 2021

Starting the New Year with a diet can be setting yourself up for failure - instead, ask yourself what makes you happy, and what you and your body need.

Health

How to spot medical misinformation in a pandemic: our top 10 tips

Brian Eggo, Matt Kemp - 30th December 2020

As medical misinformation and dubious claims continue to spread, we present our guide to help you separate fact from fiction.

Health

We all need good hand hygiene, but antibacterial soap is a waste of time

Alice Howarth - 28th December 2020

My partner recently bought antibacterial handwash. It turns out I have unnecessarily strong feelings on antibacterial soap.

Conspiracy Theories

Anti-vaxxers are dangerously wrong, but we should be wary of writing them off as stupid or selfish

Michael Marshall - 18th December 2020

If we want to be effective in countering anti-vaxxers, we need to understand their arguments, and why people believe them.

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The Telepathy Tapes is wrong – autistic children don’t have supernatural powers

From the archive: Martian waterways – the story of the canals of Mars

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The Southport attack wasn’t ideologically motivated; the misinformation around it is

Understanding the origins of the 15-Minute City panic takes just 30 minutes

Left-wing conspiracy theories and ‘missing’ votes in the wake of Trump’s election win

Comparing misinformation to a virus is both accurate and useful in preventing its spread

Don’t Be A Dick: revisiting Phil Plait’s 2010 advice to skeptics

Project Blue Beam is finally happening… as long as you cherry pick very carefully

Alice Guo, the local Philippines town mayor accused of being a Chinese spy

Andrew Tate’s misogynistic BRUV political party is a joke we should take seriously

From the archive: when The Skeptic met an immortality cult, live on TV

An overdose on placebo pills can cause adverse reactions… but not because of the nocebo effect

The Telepathy Tapes is wrong – autistic children don’t have supernatural powers

People with Alzheimer’s deserve care and dignity – not false hope of miracle cures

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Don’t Be A Dick: revisiting Phil Plait’s 2010 advice to skeptics

Project Blue Beam is finally happening… as long as you cherry pick very carefully

Alice Guo, the local Philippines town mayor accused of being a Chinese spy

Contorium: how a conspiracy narrative embraced a Turkish parody crystal

Andrew Tate’s misogynistic BRUV political party is a joke we should take seriously

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