Society

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

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When copyright credit scammers target skeptical organisations

Michael Marshall -
The QED conference was accused of copyright infringement, but something didn't smell right, which is when Michael Marshall started digging...
Alternative Medicine

Institute Question of Science in Brazil: from fighting pseudoscience to advising governments

Natália Pasternak -
IQC - born in response to Bolsanaro and forged in the fight against COVID-19 pseudoscience - aims to establish its permanent place in post-Bolsanaro Brazil
Health

Vabbing: the TikTok trend of using vaginal secretions as perfume, to attract a partner

Mike Hall -
The practice of 'vabbing' - or 'vaginal dabbing' - claims that vaginal secretions contain pheremones that make women irresistable to potential partners, but science suggests otherwise
Conspiracy Theories

Andrew Bridgen: How a Conservative MP got red-pilled on Covid vaccine misinformation

Michael Marshall -
After months of sharing COVID-19 vaccine scaremongering and misinformation, Andrew Bridgen MP was finally suspended from the Conservative party
History

Which is witch? How modern witches differ from the women who had the label thrust upon them

Deborah Hyde -
The self-labelled 'witches' of modern religious movements may a share little more than a name with the powerless victims of historic witch-hunts
Climate Change

Thoroughgoing scepticism: applying a critical thinking toolset, and following the evidence

Steuart Campbell -
Whether it comes to the Loch Ness Monster, UFOs, the historicity or Jesus or the proposed solutions to the climate crisis, it's important for skeptics to follow the evidence
Placebo Effect

More wishful thinking than medical reality: “Placebos” by Kathryn T. Hall

Dave Hahn -
The 'powerful placebo' is a seductive myth that Kathryn T. Hall's "Placebos" can't resist, even though her grand claims clearly misinterpret what the best available evidence says
Religion

Druids, the devil, and the hope for salvation: piecing together Jack Chick’s ‘The Broken Cross’

Thiago Vahia Malliagros -
Right-wing radical Christian propagandist Jack Chick struggles with the paradox of his all-powerful Satan figure in The Broken Cross.
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