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Hemlock is not a big threat to school children – crumbling pavements and busy roads are

Sarah Hearne -
Headlines warn of a poisonous plant endangering our children's lives, but we should be less worried about hemlock and more worried about the safety of our public footpaths and pavements
Climate Change

Hit them in the feels: confirmation bias and the emotional component of reason

Brian Macrae Davis -
We may see ourselves as rational decision makers, but we are all prone to judging ideas based on how well they agree with what we already think
Climate Change

Matt Le Tissier talks to The Skeptic about Covid, vaccines, 15-minute cities and climate change

Michael Marshall -
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
Environmentalism

The fifth horseman: environmental determinism rides again in ‘An Inconvenient Apocalypse’

Ted Lefroy -
‘An Inconvenient Apocalypse’ predicts an inevitable, unavoidable environmental collapse - a doomist view that discounts our ability to change our future
Psychology

Replicating a classic false memory study: Lost in the mall again

Chris French -
A recent successful replication of the famous "Lost in the mall" study on false memories shows how valuable it is to revisit and retest accepted psychological effects
Covid-19

Pandemic science communication: learning lessons from the life vest uprising

Natália Pasternak -
The effectiveness of any public health intervention - whether it's vaccines, masks, or life vests - depends on it being understood by the public.
Technology

Embracing GPT-4 as a collaborator: why we must rethink our approach to AI

Aaron Rabinowitz, Chat GPT -
Rather than viewing AI as a threat, educators should embrace its collaborative value, and teach students how to use it ethically and productively
Health

Diagnostic agnostic: flawed research overstates the overlaps between ADHD, ASD, and OCD

Kat Ford -
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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