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Ipso Factoid: Is there anything Red Wine can’t do?

Mark Williams - 26th October 2009

It had been a while since the newspapers told us to drink red wine in order to receive a health benefit. There has been...

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Ipso Factoid: SUNDAY EXPRESS MORE DEADLY THAN VACCINE

Mark Williams - 14th October 2009

The UK media was feeling pretty smug last week, due to the fact they single-handedly averted the cervical-cancer-vaccine-Armageddon. The tragic death of Natalie Morton...

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Ipso Factoid: Milking it?

Mark Williams - 9th October 2009

The Daily Mail has reported on the stress busting properties of milk. It seems a protein in milk known as Lactium could be the...

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When nightmares intrude into waking life

Mark Williams - 10th August 2009

The Skeptic's Lead Editor, Chris French, has co-authored a paper on sleep paralysis with Julia Santomauro, published in Issue 22 (August 2009) of The...

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Is a Grey heavier than a Green? Memory, suggestibility, and abductee interviews

Stephen Moston - 2nd July 2008

From the archives, Stephen Moston takes a look at the relationship between asking a question and reaching a conclusion, especially when it comes to UFO abductees

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Towards a Cognitive Neuroscience of the Dying Brain

Jason Braithwaite - 12th April 2008

From the archives, Jason J Braithwaite offers an in-depth analysis and critique of the survivalist’s neuroscience of near-death experiences

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Towards a Cognitive Neuroscience of the Dying Brain

Phil - 1st April 2008

Published in The Skeptic, Volume 21, Issue 2 (2008) Jason J Braithwaite offers an in-depth analysis and critique of the survivalist’s neuroscience of near-death experiences

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From the archive: Psychoanalysing God – Sigmund Freud on Religion

Ian Fairholm - 21st October 2006

From the archives in 2006, Ian Fairholm discusses Freud, neuroticism and religion

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When it comes to science, the standard has to be truth and accuracy – not false balance

From the archives: UFOs Over Russia

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2000 mules: why many Americans are convinced Trump won the 2020 election

Welcome to the modern American Right – the world that high weirdness built

Donald Trump’s debate performance proved he has mainstreamed extreme conspiracy theories

Med Beds: the futuristic health devices promising to cure you with undefined energy

The meaning crisis, and how we rescue young men from reactionary politics

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Faking the faking of fake news, 1910 style: the ‘death’ of film star Florence Lawrence

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Exploding the myth of the longevity “Blue Zones”, where people live beyond the age of 100

Scientific publication is now fully digital – so who is responsible for preserving our archives?

HADD its day: there’s no evidence for an inherited hyperactive agency detection device

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

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First do no harm? Treatments don’t need to be harmless, as long they do good

Pacemakers don’t work when they’re switched off – we should doubt studies that say otherwise

The meaning crisis, and how we rescue young men from reactionary politics

Scientific publication is now fully digital – so who is responsible for preserving our archives?

From the archive: Many Happy Returns – Are past-life regressions evidence for reincarnation?

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