Society

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

Politics

Vladimir Putin’s insistence on pseudoscience is more than just propaganda

Slava Amanatski -
Putin's pseudoscience is not an aberration, but a way of understanding the world in which science becomes yet another field of geopolitical confrontation.
Religion

Camp Quest UK returns, offering a secular space for families to explore

Alastair Lichten -
Camp Quest UK provides a freethinking niche for those who may not fit in traditional summer camps, to ask big, small and weird questions.
Religion

Encouraging non-belief and activism against witch hunts in black communities

Leo Igwe -
Leo Igwe, director of the Advocacy for Alleged Witches, reports from Black Nonbelievers Seacon 2025, on the work of encouraging non-belief in Nigeria
Bad PR

Fake products, fake doctors, fake testimonials – the unchecked menace of online ads

Michael Marshall -
A herbal patch claimed to be as good as Ozempic but it was a scam served up by an online advertising system optimised around fakery.
Politics

Can assisted dying be a free choice in a society that dehumanises disabled people?

Sorrel Kinton -
Fears that assisted dying legislation could lead to pressure on disabled people aren't just a 'slippery slope', given the current lack of social safety net
Religion

The Good Counsel Network and young, anti-abortion Catholic women

Abigail Kennedy -
The Good Counsel Network draws young Catholic women into the anti-abortion movement with support, community, and a sense of shared purpose
History

What little you know about Jack the Ripper’s victims is almost certainly wrong

Mike Hall -
Despite all of the sensationalised coverage of the murders of Jack the Ripper, his victims are seldom more than an afterthought in history
Politics

Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness: How do we measure happy countries?

Tim Jokl -
Instead of measuring the success of countries by GDP, we should pay more attention to how happy they are, and what contributes to that happiness
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