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Conspiracy Theories

15 minute cities: the latest big bad of the conspiracy theory ecosystem

Michael Marshall -
Why did 15 minute cities go from a niche town planning proposal to a full-blown paranoia? Because existing conspiracist networks needed their next big fear
Alternative Medicine

The Nuremberg salt test: how homeopathy failed one of the earliest ever scientific trials

Sean Slater -
One of the earliest ever randomised control trials took place in 1835, when skeptical physicians put the new-fangled homeopathy to the test
Health

The science of The Last of Us: should we fear a fungal zombie pandemic?

Natália Pasternak -
The hit TV show The Last of Us depicts a world hit by a fungal-caused pandemic that turns the infected to zombies - but could it happen in real life?
Climate Change

Tree planting schemes look fantastic on paper, but they won’t save us from climate change

Sarah Hearne -
Mass tree planting schemes are a simple and obvious way to sequester carbon and fight climate change. The only problem is, they almost certainly won't work.
Philosophy

The Tao of Magical Thinking: pseudoscience in Jeremy Lent’s ‘The Web of Meaning’

Ted Lefroy -
In The Web of Meaning, Jeremy Lent favours convenient ideas over accurate, and in doing so repeatedly presents speculative and even disproven theories as facts
Psychology

When we enforce our taboo against inbreeding, we shouldn’t pretend that nature agrees

James Williams -
Inbreeding is seen as a gross taboo in many parts of the world, but a new study suggests it is far more common in nature than we might be comfortable admitting.
Paranormal

Ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night…

Chris French -
A new study supports the notion that poor sleep quality leads to an increase in sleep paralysis - and a rise in reports of paranormal experiences
Alternative Medicine

Institute Question of Science in Brazil: from fighting pseudoscience to advising governments

Natália Pasternak -
IQC - born in response to Bolsanaro and forged in the fight against COVID-19 pseudoscience - aims to establish its permanent place in post-Bolsanaro Brazil
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