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The Quantified Self: technological gimmick or genuine game changer?

Al Isthifah Bin Mazlan -
An obsession with tracking health data via wearables has led to the rise of the 'quantified self' movement - but is our data working for us, or the other way around?
Nutrition

Is the ultra-processed food fear simply the next big nutritional moral panic?

Alice Howarth -
Headline after headline warns about the supposed dangers of ultra-processed foods, but evidence that processing food causes poor health outcomes is lacking
Placebo Effect

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

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

Toby Young’s Daily Sceptic and Free Speech Union are no allies of critical thinkers

Michael Marshall -
Toby Young's Daily Sceptic vociferously champions pseudoscientific conclusions, while his Free Speech Union defends those positions with which he agrees.
Veterinary Medicine

Agri-tech: will technology help or hinder food production and animal welfare?

Robyn Lowe, Matt Dobbs -
In the last decade, the UK's agricultural sector has invested heavily in new technology - "agri-tech" - in an effort to improve efficiency, while protecting animal welfare
Veterinary Medicine

Don’t worry, your pet food brand probably isn’t filled with disease-causing sawdust

Sean Smith -
Scaremongering claims abound online, warning that the food we feed our beloved animals is packed with sawdust... though the evidence is deeply unconvincing
Health

Debunking the Myths: The Rise of the Anti-Sunscreen Movement

Elissar Gerges -
Sunscreen is one of the most highly effective and evidence-based methods of preventing skin cancer, so why is there an online movement discouraging its use?
Health

Does a prohibition-based approach to drugs and disposable vaping make sense?

Clio Bellenis -
The government are often swift to ban recreational drugs, even without evidence of harm - but when it comes to disposable vapes, are they right?
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