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The Wikipedia conspiracy that wasn’t; or, why Wikipedia says Roswell was a balloon

Robert Jones -
UFO believers claim a grand CIA-funded conspiracy is hiding the truth about UFOs on Wikipedia, but editors of the world's largest encylopaedia are just following the site's rules
Acupuncture

Dragons’ Den has a quackery problem that goes far beyond ear seeds

Michael Marshall -
While recent attention has understandably been on Dragons' Den's promotion of ME/cfs quackery, the BBC show's flirtation with pseudoscience runs much deeper
Acupuncture

Dragons’ Den’s uncritical promotion of ear seeds is an insult to ME/cfs patients like me

Sorrel Kinton -
The Dragons' Den Acu Seeds debacle shows how understandably desperate ME/cfs are - and how vulnerable to misinformation from authoritative sources
Media

A skeptic goes to drama school: acting traditions, superstitions, and pseudoscience

Hugh Roskowr -
The world of drama is filled with all manner of superstitions, unusual traditions and strange beliefs - some harmless, but others far less so
Media

G marks the Spot: when it comes to celebrity endorsements, the truth is still out there

Paula Blair -
Disappointment over Gillian Anderson's recent foray into nutritional woo shows how attached we can become to a well-cultivated celebrity persona
Media

Ten times the unexpected appearance of pseudoscience ruined entertainment

Brian Eggo -
Few things can interrupt your enjoyment of a film or TV show like an unexpected endorsement of pseudoscience - here's our top 10 worst woo-turns
Conspiracy Theories

The Sound of Freedom: thinking of the children shouldn’t stop us from thinking rationally

Gabriel Andrade -
Our modern concern for children has been exploited by activists and politicians, like the QAnon-adjacent makers of The Sound of Freedom
Crime

Celebrity chef Gino D’Acampo isn’t dead… but the credibility of Twitter ads might well be

Michael Marshall -
Twitter accepted payment to promote tweets falsely claiming celebrity deaths, linking to scam sites impersonating national newspapers to push cryptocurrency scams
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