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Google’s AI promoted unproven mushroom supplement with questionable testimonials
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23rd April 2025
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16th April 2025
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19th March 2025
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Thiago Vahia Malliagros
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21st March 2025
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Leaked footage reveals the ‘psychic’ behind antivaxxer Joseph Mercola
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A brief history of The Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit
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Michael Marshall
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19th March 2025
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17th March 2025
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Prison rehabilitation programs are rarely evidence-based, and seldom effective
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We shouldn’t worry too much over aspartame being classified as a possible cancer risk
Alice Howarth
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10th July 2023
Aspartame has been classified as a "possible" cancer risk - but it's important to view that warning in context, and really understand what it means
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“Natural” health influencers claim sunscreen is bad for you – but are they right? (No)
Alice Howarth
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28th June 2023
Any time there's a heatwave in the UK, there are people who say sunscreen does more harm than good - a claim that is absurd and dangerous
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The shaky evidence for medical cannabis
Dave Hahn
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12th June 2023
Proponents for medicinal cannabis use claim that marijuana can be useful for all manner of health conditions - are the claims all smoke with no fire?
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The fat but fit paradox: can animals be overweight and healthy?
Robyn Lowe
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26th May 2023
Can our companion animals be 'fat but fit', or should pet owners be concerned about letting their furry friend become overweight?
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19th May 2023
The Skeptic editor, Michael Marshall, sat down with former footballer Matt Le Tissier to ask why he has become increasingly vocal in his support for conspiracy theories
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Patience isn’t just a virtue, it’s a crucial part of showing compassion for conspiracy theorists
Michael Marshall
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18th May 2023
Continuing to engage hecklers with as much patience and compassion as possible is the only hope we have for reaching people we disagree with
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Pandemic science communication: learning lessons from the life vest uprising
Natália Pasternak
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5th May 2023
The effectiveness of any public health intervention - whether it's vaccines, masks, or life vests - depends on it being understood by the public.
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Diagnostic agnostic: flawed research overstates the overlaps between ADHD, ASD, and OCD
Kat Ford
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26th April 2023
A new study claims that autism, ADHD and OCD are all actually diagnoses on the same spectrum, but the paper has simply too many flaws to be persuasive
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