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“Trillions of humans”: is Elon Musk right about population size?

Should we aim to limit population growth to maximise resources, or follow Elon Musk's advice and aim for trillions of humans? Or is the answer actually neither?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Be A Man: assessing the Manosphere and its influence in Singapore

Manosphere figures like Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson build a colossal online audience among aggrieved young men - but not, seemingly, in Singapore

Given climate change and energy insecurity, we need to tackle public fear of nuclear energy

Nuclear energy can help decarbonise the power grid, mitigate climate change and improve energy security - so why are the public still so scared?

The graveyard of skeptical projects suggests it’s funding, not talent, that we’re lacking

Skepticism is a public good, but it is often starved of resources - the quiet deaths of so many pro-skepticism endeavours should alarm all of us

The story of Phineas Gage’s accident is well-known; what happened to him afterwards is not

What happened to Phineas Gage after his traumatic brain injury is a legend that has warped in its telling, but the real story shows us how remarkable the brain truly is
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