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

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Hellish Nell: Last of Britain’s Witches

Paul Taylor - 3rd December 2008

Hellish Nell: Last of Britain's Witches by Malcolm Gaskill 4th Estate, £15.99, ISBN 1841150192 In March 1944, Scottish working-class spiritualist Helen Duncan was tried at the Old...

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Seeds of Change: Six Plants that Changed the World

Paul Taylor - 3rd December 2008

Seeds of Change: Five Plants That Transformed Mankind by Henry Hobhouse Papermac, £12, ISBN 0333736281 Not a new book, having been first published in 1985 before reappearing...

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ParaScience Pack: An Interactive Exploration of Your Psi Powers

Paul Taylor - 3rd December 2008

The ParaScience Pack by Uri Geller and Ron van der Meer Van der Meer Publishing, £29.99, ISBN 1902413520 It’s not every book that comes complete with its...

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The Queen’s Conjuror

Paul Taylor - 3rd December 2008

The Queen's Conjuror: the science and magic of Doctor Dee by Benjamin Woolley HarperCollins, £15.99, ISBN 0002571390 This fascinating book begins with a gripping introduction in which...

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Children of the Matrix

Paul Taylor - 3rd December 2008

Children of the Matrix: How an Interdimentional Race Has Controlled the Planet for Thousands of Years - and Still Does by David Icke Bridge of Love...

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Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination

Paul Taylor - 3rd December 2008

Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination by Gerald Edelman and Giulio Tononi Penguin, £20.00, ISBN 0713993081 If you have ever read (or tried) Edelman’s previous books you might...

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Voodoo Science

Paul Taylor - 3rd December 2008

Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud by Robert Park Oxford University Press, £18.99, ISBN 0198507453 This is an extremely enjoyable and readable book. Robert Park...

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Star in the East

Paul Taylor - 3rd December 2008

Star in the East: Krishnamurti, the Invention of a Messiah by Roland Vernon Constable, £20, ISBN 0094764808 What happens if you are trained from childhood to be...

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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

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

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

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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