Society

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

Politics

“No Tax For Genocide”: is the refusal to pay taxes a reasonable form of protest?

Mark Horne -
The "No Tax For Genocide" campaign urges protesters to withhold tax payments, but followers of their advice should think hard about the group's goals
Crime

Irredeemably Flawed: The IPP prisoner scandal, and the death of Matthew Price

Emma McClure -
Matthew had been free from prison for almost 10 years, when the hopelessness of his situation led him to take his own life – another victim of the IPP prisoner scandal
Extremism

#TradWife: the misogynistic movement based on cosplaying an American ideal

Claire Klingenberg -
The #TradWife movement claims to offer women a simple, structured and idealised life. In reality, it reduces women to property, in service to white nationalist agendas
Skepticism

Do extraordinary claims really require extraordinary evidence?

David Weinberg -
It is a common skeptical mantra that "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" - but is this true, or is it simply setting unlikely ideas up to fail?
Health

Does a prohibition-based approach to drugs and disposable vaping make sense?

Clio Bellenis -
The government are often swift to ban recreational drugs, even without evidence of harm - but when it comes to disposable vapes, are they right?
Climate Change

Electronic advertising is a climate crime that makes our public spaces more hostile

Michael Marshall -
The giant screen at Euston Station boasts of saving energy, while using more electricity than the average street, just to serve us adverts we didn't consent to see
Media

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
History

The strange and deeply unlikely tale of Gef the talking mongoose

Sean Slater -
Gef the talking mongoose - supernatural resident of an Isle of Man farmhouse - is legendary in skeptical lore... even if he was merely the invention of a 13 year old girl
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