Society

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

Science

Unborn in the USA: being honest about IUDs could help us fight the anti-abortion movement

Colin Brewer -
We shouldn't shy away from the fact that IUDs are abortifacients - embracing it could help highlight the hypocrisy of anti-abortionists
Society

Exploding the myth of the longevity “Blue Zones”, where people live beyond the age of 100

Carlos Orsi -
When it comes to 'Blue Zones' - higher clusters of people over the age of 100 - the answer is typically not about health, but rather admin
Conspiracy Theories

2000 mules: why many Americans are convinced Trump won the 2020 election

Jim Cliff -
Ahead of the the American election, there are millions of Americans who still refuse to accept the results of 2020, fed by lies from the misleading film, 2000 Mules
Politics

The tyranny of the cloud: how we became serfs to big tech

Ted Lefroy -
In ‘Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism’, Yanis Varoufakis gives a whistlestop tour of economic history and where capitalism went wrong
Conspiracy Theories

Welcome to the modern American Right – the world that high weirdness built

Aaron Rabinowitz -
The 2024 US election campaign has illustrated the ongoing influence of 'high weirdness' in the MAGA movement and modern conservatism
Media

The “child identifies as wolf” story was only ever about bullying, not ‘species confusion’

Brian Eggo -
A Scottish child created a wolf 'persona' in order to cope with severe bullying and, as a result, ended up being bullied by the national media
Religion

March for Life: The UK’s anti-abortion movement is becoming more organised and emboldened

Abigail Kennedy -
March for Life UK's pro-health summit showcased the full range of judgmental anti-choice rhetoric on abortion, IVF, and assisted dying
Conspiracy Theories

Donald Trump’s debate performance proved he has mainstreamed extreme conspiracy theories

Dave Hahn -
Trump's debate lies showed us a useful truth - just how much of his information he gets from conspiracy theorists and online extremists
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