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

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Science and Religion: A Very Short Introduction

Paul Taylor - 1st March 2009

Science and Religion: A Very Short Introduction by Thomas Dixon Oxford University Press, £7.99 (pb), ISBN 978-0-19-929551-7 The author is a historian, and he promises “an informative...

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Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear

Paul Taylor - 6th December 2008

Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear by Jan Bondeson WW Norton, £18.95, ISBN 039304906X As a claustrophobic, I wasn’t looking forward to reading...

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Skepticism and Humanism: the New Paradigm

Paul Taylor - 6th December 2008

Skepticism and Humanism: The New Paradigm by Paul Kurtz Transaction Publishers, $39.95, ISBN 0765800519 Paul Kurtz is, of course, the founder of CSICOP. This is a...

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Confessions of a Rabbi and Psychic

Paul Taylor - 6th December 2008

Confessions of a Rabbi and Psychic by Shmuley Boteach and Uri Geller Robson Books, £16.95, ISBN 1861054106 This book is presented as a series of letters between...

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The Shattered Self: The End of Natural Evolution

Paul Taylor - 4th December 2008

The Shattered Self: The End of Natural Evolution by Pierre Baldi MIT Press, ISBN 0262025027 This is an excellent survey of contemporary trends in molecular biology and...

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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to New Millennium Predictions

Paul Taylor - 4th December 2008

The Complete Idiot's Guide to New Millennium Predictions by the New Age Collective and Lisa Lenard Alpha Books, £13.99, ISBN 0028631129 There seems to be a trend...

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Parapsychology: The Science of Unusual Experience

Paul Taylor - 4th December 2008

Parapsychology: The Science of Unusual Experience by R Roberts and D Groome (Editors) Arnold, £12.99, ISBN 0340761687 Framed between introductory and summary chapters by Ron Roberts, ten...

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Little Green Men, Meowing Nuns and Head Hunting Panics

Paul Taylor - 4th December 2008

Little Green Men, Meowing Nuns and Head-hunting Panics: A Study of Mass Psychogenic Illnesses and Social Delusion by Robert E Bartholomew McFarland and Company, £28.45,...

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First do no harm? Treatments don’t need to be harmless, as long they do good

Moroccan Argan oil is an interesting traditional product, but it’s certainly no panacea

Animals, acupuncture and alt-med: the Brazilian penguin being subjected to Enya

Wim Hof: the self-described ‘Ice man’ whose extreme health claims leave many cold

Menstrual masking: the inadvisable trend of treating acne… with period blood

First do no harm? Treatments don’t need to be harmless, as long they do good

Pacemakers don’t work when they’re switched off – we should doubt studies that say otherwise

Moroccan Argan oil is an interesting traditional product, but it’s certainly no panacea

Animals, acupuncture and alt-med: the Brazilian penguin being subjected to Enya

The evidence for pill colour impacting placebo effects gets flimsier the more you examine it

From the archive: Many Happy Returns – Are past-life regressions evidence for reincarnation?

From the archives: The Art of Fakery – Fakes and forgeries at the British Museum

From the archives: A skeptical look at astrology

When it comes to science, the standard has to be truth and accuracy – not false balance

From the archives: UFOs Over Russia

Comparing misinformation to a virus is both accurate and useful in preventing its spread

2000 mules: why many Americans are convinced Trump won the 2020 election

Welcome to the modern American Right – the world that high weirdness built

Donald Trump’s debate performance proved he has mainstreamed extreme conspiracy theories

Med Beds: the futuristic health devices promising to cure you with undefined energy

The meaning crisis, and how we rescue young men from reactionary politics

From the archive: Many Happy Returns – Are past-life regressions evidence for reincarnation?

Faking the faking of fake news, 1910 style: the ‘death’ of film star Florence Lawrence

Unborn in the USA: being honest about IUDs could help us fight the anti-abortion movement

Exploding the myth of the longevity “Blue Zones”, where people live beyond the age of 100

Scientific publication is now fully digital – so who is responsible for preserving our archives?

HADD its day: there’s no evidence for an inherited hyperactive agency detection device

Unborn in the USA: being honest about IUDs could help us fight the anti-abortion movement

The evidence for pill colour impacting placebo effects gets flimsier the more you examine it

Comparing misinformation to a virus is both accurate and useful in preventing its spread

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First do no harm? Treatments don’t need to be harmless, as long they do good

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Scientific publication is now fully digital – so who is responsible for preserving our archives?

From the archive: Many Happy Returns – Are past-life regressions evidence for reincarnation?

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