Society

When skepticism collides with human experience. The societal implications of scientific skepticism.

Politics

Faith, Power, and Inconsistency: The Problem with J.D. Vance’s Conversion Narrative

Gabriel Andrade -
In "Communion", JD Vance seeks to explain his shift from atheism to Catholicism, but illustrates only the dangers of putting religion at the heart of politics.
History

The Kidd-Palmer Maps conclusively proven to be a hoax lifted directly from fiction

Oliver Smith -
Almost a century after their discovery, the mysterious Kidd-Palmer treasure maps are proven to be a hoax, their source in fiction identified.
Society

The importance of teaching creativity and innovation in African Schools

Leo Igwe -
How can students be expected to innovate and create in their future jobs if they are not taught at school how to think creatively?
Conspiracy Theories

The conspiracy theorists who now hold local council seats across the UK

Brian Eggo -
With Reform UK making gains in the recent local elections, parts of the UK now boast councillors with all manner of questionable beliefs.
History

The Nobel Prize-winning scientists who ruined their legacies by staying alive

Tom Williamson -
History is replete with scientists whose brilliance won them a Nobel Prize – only to go on to tarnish their legacy by promoting quackery and pseudoscience.
History

The Odyssey of Helen’s skin colour: casting controversies and bad philology

Gabriel Andrade -
We don't have to rewrite Greek history to centre African influences in order to argue that a fictional character like Helen of Troy could be played by a black actor.
History

Five “zombie facts” about history that we need to consign to the past

Sean Slater -
From Viking horns and dirty serfs to the plucky underdog role of Britain in World War II, history is replete with oft-repeated – but factually incorrect – myths.
Conspiracy Theories

Bill Hicks embodied all the good and bad of High Weirdness

Aaron Rabinowitz -
Bill Hicks was a brilliant and passionate comedian, but one who was prone to conspiracy theory, high weirdness, and a proto-incel level of misogyny.
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