Society

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

Religion

How do we know what we know? The question that untangles Magisteria’s science and religion

Ted Lefroy -
Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science and Religion, by Nicholas Spencer, paints a history of entwined attempts to understand, glossing over religion's response to conflicting ideas
Cults

The Cult Specialist: Ian Haworth hangs up the Cult Information Centre’s hotline for the last time

Paul Jones -
Ian Haworth left a coercive group in 1978, knowing he had to warn people bout the dangers of cults - so for 45 years, he ran a cult information hotline
Religion

The question isn’t whether Jesus was really Palestinian – it’s whether that even matters

Gabriel Andrade -
Jesus was likely born in what is now Palestine, and he was Jewish - but neither fact should have any bearing on modern geopolitical conflicts
History

Can we really identify the ancient disasters described in ancient myths?

Georgy Kurakin -
Many scholars have tried to identify the real events that inspired ancient myths - but with populations migrating, and stories changing, any connection to real history may be long lost
Conspiracy Theories

Andrew Bridgen’s debate on Covid vaccine deaths: skewed statistics, but no substance

Michael Marshall -
Andrew Bridgen MP promised an honest parliamentary debate on excess deaths since the Covid vaccine rollout - what he gave us was clearly not that
Alternative Medicine

John Harvey Kellogg: the ‘Biologic Living’ theories of the inventor of corn flakes

Edzard Ernst -
Latterly famous for his breakfast cereal invention, John Harvey Kellogg was a religious zealot, eugenicist, and highly prominent early 20th Century quack
Crime

The writing’s been on the wall for decades, but still the graphology persists

Mark Horne -
During coverage of the trial of Lucy Letby, we didn't need to hear from graphologists - the pseudoscience of deriving psychological insights from someone's handwriting
Covid-19

Cardiologist and Covid vaccine critic Dr Aseem Malhotra wins 2023 Rusty Razor award

Michael Marshall -
A cardiologist who has spent the pandemic spreading Covid vaccine misinformation, Dr Aseem Malhotra, has today been named the 2022 recipient of the “Rusty Razor” award
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