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Climate Change

The radicalisation of “Joan”: a true-life account of one colleague’s slide into conspiracism

Anonymous -
"Joan" was always interested in off-the-wall ideas, but over time she became increasingly drawn into deeper and deeper conspiracy theories
Religion

How do we know what we know? The question that untangles Magisteria’s science and religion

Ted Lefroy -
Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science and Religion, by Nicholas Spencer, paints a history of entwined attempts to understand, glossing over religion's response to conflicting ideas
Environmentalism

Greenwashing: The dark side of the sustainable fashion industry

Elissar Gerges -
With the rise of conscious capitalism, companies are profiting through greenwashing, leaving consumers at risk of deception.
Climate Change

The recent Glasgow Low Emission Zone protest turned out to be more of a ‘low information zone’

Brian Eggo -
Glasgow's Low Emission Zone protest drew support from QAnon believers and antivaxxers - even Piers Corbyn turned up, to collect money from the crowd
Placebo Effect

The power of placebo-controls has little to do with the placebo-effect

David Weinberg -
Randomisation ensures treatment and control groups are as similar as possible when beginning a study - placebo controls ensure they are similar during a study
Cancer

Not right about nitrites? Mouse study provokes media scaremongering over cured meat

Michael Marshall -
Headlines warn of the carcinogenic chemicals in school meals, but before we ban smoked sausages and nitrites, we'll need to see some better evidence
Science

Headlines about “talking” fungi raise the question: Do we really discover languages?

Georgy Kurakin -
Two recent studies claim to find evidence of communication within chimpanzees and fungi, but do they have the complexity of what we'd call language?
Climate Change

The top 10 most infuriating climate change memes, and how to debunk them

Mark Horne -
Rather than engage with the realities of climate change, some people prefer the comforting reassurance of denialism, packaged in these 10 infuriating memes
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