Society

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

Conspiracy Theories

In Turkey, conspiracy theories about the Peace Treaty of Lausanne run riot

Serdar Basegmez -
Conspiracy theories about the Treaty of Lausanne and its implications for Turkish sovereignty are common in Turkey, and are being weaponised by cynical political movements
Psychology

The myth of the well-filled slate: we shouldn’t discount the influence of society on our lives

Carlos Orsi -
Twenty years after Steven Pinker's "The Blank Slate", we should be wary of those who make claims about innate traits that separate nature from nurture
Crime

Fictional impressions: the shaky foundations of many common forensic science techniques

Dave Hahn -
TV crime shows have made us all very aware of forensic analysis of hair, DNA samples and fingerprints - but do we overstate its usefulness?
Conspiracy Theories

Hugo Talks – a lot: the prominent conspiracy theorist channel that recently found religion

Mark Horne -
Popular conspiracy channel Hugo Talks has taken a hard pivot into Christianity, but the supposed 'one-world religion' isn't about to be imposed by the UN any time soon
Conspiracy Theories

15 minute cities: the latest big bad of the conspiracy theory ecosystem

Michael Marshall -
Why did 15 minute cities go from a niche town planning proposal to a full-blown paranoia? Because existing conspiracist networks needed their next big fear
Alternative Medicine

The Nuremberg salt test: how homeopathy failed one of the earliest ever scientific trials

Sean Slater -
One of the earliest ever randomised control trials took place in 1835, when skeptical physicians put the new-fangled homeopathy to the test
Crime

The online circus around Nicola Bulley’s death shows what harm armchair detectives can do

Karin McClure -
The disappearance of Nicola Bulley saw armchair detectives, primed by a love of true crime and an over-abundance of confidence, flood the internet with uninformed and harmful speculation
Health

The science of The Last of Us: should we fear a fungal zombie pandemic?

Natália Pasternak -
The hit TV show The Last of Us depicts a world hit by a fungal-caused pandemic that turns the infected to zombies - but could it happen in real life?
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