History

History

The paradox of progress: how some social improvements paper over unfairness and inequality

Aaron Rabinowitz -
It's easy to argue that society is progressing, but when we replace overt oppression with covert oppression, is it reasonable to really count that as progress?
Climate Change

Rapa Nui: European myths mask the reason for societal collapse on Easter Island – colonialism

Sarah Hearne -
The belief that the islanders – and not Europeans – destroyed Rapa Nui minimises the devastating impacts of European colonialism.
History

Spontaneous Human Combustion: The truth behind the myth of Mary Carpenter

Matt Mills -
Stories of spontaneous human combustion have been retold since the 1920s, but do those retellings reflect the truth?
Alternative Medicine

What William Radam’s “Microbe Killer” can teach us about modern stem cell quackery

David Weinberg -
When new medical breakthroughs occur, pseudoscientists are often quick to jump on the bandwagon in order to sell their quackery
History

Are you smarter than an 800 year-old? Our ancestors were more skeptical than you think

David Mountain -
As historians continue to deconstruct the myth of the Dark Ages, we shouldn't be so fast to write off the intelligence of our ancestors.
Conspiracy Theories

Nesta Helen Webster: the far-right author who popularised the antisemitic Illuminati conspiracy

Mark Horne -
The Qanon movement regurgiates old antisemitic tropes that echo back to the Illuminati conspiracy theories pushed by Nesta Helen Webster
History

Qanon’s references to ‘Adrenochome’ echo old, anti-Semitic Blood Libel myths

Thiago Vahia Malliagros -
Adrenochrome has become a central part of the Qanon theory, despite 'Q' never mentioning it; its history is long, and deeply anti-Semitic.
Alternative Medicine

Kardecism: the fringe spiritualist doctrine which became the soul of pseudoscience in Brazil

Natália Pasternak, Carlos Orsi -
Kardecism - an 19th century off-shoot of spiritualism - found fertile ground in Brazil, and grew to wholly undermine trust in science and medicine.
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