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

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I Have Landed: Splashes and Reflections in Natural History

Phil - 2nd December 2008

I Have Landed: Splashes and Reflections in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould Jonathan Cape, £17.99 ISBN 0-224-06299-9 Twenty-five years after his first popular science essay collection,...

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Conned Again, Watson: Cautionary Tales of Logic, Maths and Probability

Phil - 2nd December 2008

Conned Again, Watson: Cautionary Tales of Logic, Math and Probability by Colin Bruce Vintage, £7.99, ISBN 0099428571 This book fizzes with ideas, paradoxes and problems, drawn mainly...

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Out of the Shadows: UFOs, the Establishment and the Official Cover-up

Phil - 2nd December 2008

Out of the Shadows: UFOs, the Establishment and Official Cover Up by David Clarke and Andy Roberts Piatkus, £17.99, ISBN 0-7499-2290-7 There are lot more believers with...

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How to Dunk a Doughnut: The Science of Everyday Life

Wendy M. Grossman - 2nd December 2008

How to Dunk a Doughnut: The Science of Everyday Life by Len FisherWeidenfeld & Nicolson, £12.99, ISBN 0-297-60756-1 You have to be very dedicated to...

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Emergence: The connected lives of ants, brains, cities and software

Phil - 2nd December 2008

Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities and Software by Steven Johnson Allen Lane, £14.99, ISBN 0713994002 What exactly have ants got in common with cities,...

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Did Adam and Eve Have Navels? Debunking Pseudoscience

Phil - 2nd December 2008

Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?: Debunking Pseudoscience by Martin Gardner Norton, $14.95, ISBN 0393322386 Did HG Wells predict the Internet? Does reflexology have a foot to...

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Hauntings and Poltergeists: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Phil - 2nd December 2008

Hauntings and Poltergeists: Multidisciplinary Perspectives by James Houran and Rense Lange (Editors) McFarland & Company, £76.50, ISBN 0786409843 This is an excellent book for anyone with a...

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The Universe in a Nutshell

Phil - 2nd December 2008

The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking Random House, £16.99, ISBN 1856866661 In 1995, my wife and I went on a tour of Egypt, booked from...

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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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