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The First Quackbusters? The early battles between quacks and skeptics

Simon Singh, Edzard Ernst -
From the archives, Simon Singh and Edzard Ernst reflect on the early history of the continuing battle between quacks and sceptics
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From the archive: Professor Bernard Carr replies to Jon Wainwright on psi effects

Bernard Carr -
From the archives in 2011, Professor Bernard Carr replies to Jon Wainwright on psi effects and psychic experiences
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From the archives: Korean fan death, the curiously-local mass killer

Anonymous -
From the archives in 2011, The Skeptic reports on the belief in Korea that sleeping with an electric fan in the room can cause an early death
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Act Without Hope: charitable giving, effective altruism, and the life you can save

Julian Baggini -
From the archive in 2011, philosopher Julian Baggini reflects on charitable giving and what moral obligation we have to help others
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The Carrington Event and massive solar storms: just how screwed are we?

Mark Duwe -
From the archives, Mark Duwe ponders the Carrington Event, and the effect that a massive solar event would have on the Earth
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Technophobia: Facebook and computers cause cancer; typewriters apparently don’t

Mark Williams -
From the archives in 2011, Mark Williams looks at media scaremongering around technology being to blame for social ills
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Free Will? The role of remorse and rehabilitation within the justice system

Michael Heap -
From the archives in 2011, Mike Heap examines why we feel remorse is so necessary to the rehabilitation of prisoners, especially if free will is an illusion
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When The Skeptic came of age: a 2011 reflection on the first 21 years of the magazine

Wendy M. Grossman -
From the archives in 2011, Wendy M Grossman, founding editor of The Skeptic, reflects on the first 21 years of the magazine’s life
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