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

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Aliens: Can We Make Contact with Extraterrestrial Intelligence?

Phil - 2nd December 2008

Aliens: Can We Make Contact with Extraterrestrial Intelligence? by Andrew J H Clark and David H Clark Fromm International, $25.00, ISBN 0880642335 This book is by a...

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The Ghost in the Universe: God in Light of Modern Science

Phil - 2nd December 2008

The Ghost in the Universe: God in Light of Modern Science by Taner Edis Prometheus, $29, ISBN 1573929778 Man has always been searching for proof or signs...

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Demons of the Modern World

Phil - 2nd December 2008

Demons of the Modern World by Malcolm McGrath Prometheus Books, $32, 1-57392-935-2 Demons of the Modern World is an investigation into the subject of supposed ritual satanic...

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Think for Yourself: Questioning Pressure to Conform

Phil - 2nd December 2008

Think for Yourself!: Questioning Pressures to Conform by Dr Sharon Presley Ronin Press, USA $13.95, Europe $25, ISBN 1579510501 This is a small book, only 127 pages,...

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Skeptical Philosophy for Everyone

Phil - 2nd December 2008

Skeptical Philosophy for Everyone by Richard H. Popkin and Avrum Stroll Prometheus Books, ISBN 1-57392-936-0 Skeptical Philosophy for Everyone presents a history of major philosophical controversies by...

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Seeing Ghosts: Experiences of the Paranormal

Phil - 2nd December 2008

Seeing Ghosts: Experiences of the Paranormal by Hilary Evans John Murray, £19.99, ISBN 0-7195-5492 6 Hilary Evans is well known to readers of The Skeptic for the...

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Darwin’s Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society

Paul Taylor - 2nd December 2008

Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion and the Nature of Society by David Sloan Wilson Chicago University Press, ISBN 0-226-90134-3 Wilson argues that the social phenomenon of religion can...

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XTL : Extraterrestrial Life and How to Find it

Phil - 2nd December 2008

XTL: Life in Space and How to Find It by Simon Goodwin and John Gribbin Weidenfeld and Nicholson, £12.99, ISBN 1-84188-193-7 The authors of this book are...

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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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