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

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Inventing the Victorians

Phil - 2nd December 2008

Inventing the Victorians by Matthew Sweet Faber and Faber, £16.99, ISBN 0571206581 Opium, sex crime and serial killers aren’t usually the first things that spring to mind...

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Final Séance: The Strange Friendship between Houdini and Conan Doyle

Phil - 2nd December 2008

Final Seance: The Strange Friendship Between Houdini and Conan Doyle by Massimo Polidoro Prometheus Books, £21.99, ISBN 1573928968 In 1932 Ernst and Carrington wrote Houdini and Conan...

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The Dream Drugstore: Chemically Altered States of Consciousness

Phil - 2nd December 2008

The Dream Drugstore: Chemically Altered States of Consciousness by J Allan Hobson MIT Press, £19.50, ISBN 0262082934 The title of this book is a reference to the...

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The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession and the Everlasting Dead

Phil - 2nd December 2008

The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession and the Everlasting Dead by Heather Pringle 4th Estate, £15.99, ISBN 1841151114 Among the theatrical attractions of 1830s Britain was “mummy unrolling”....

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The Encyclopedia of Magic and Witchcraft

Phil - 2nd December 2008

The Encyclopedia of Magic and Witchcraft: An Historical Exploration into the World of the Magician by Susan Greenwood Little Brown, £17.95, ISBN 0754805816 This is a beautiful...

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Annie’s Box: Charles Darwin, his Daughter and Human Evolution

Phil - 2nd December 2008

Annie's Box: Charles Darwin, His Daughter and Human Evolution by Randal Keynes 4th Estate, £16.99, ISBN 1841150606 On 23 April 1851 Charles Darwin’s beloved ten-yearold daughter Annie...

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The Hunt For Zero Point

Phil - 2nd December 2008

Hunt for Zero Point by Nick Cook Century, £17.99, ISBN 0712669531 I walked into the bookshop, my eyes glanced from side to side and then I saw...

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Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour

Phil - 1st December 2008

Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour by Kevin N. Laland and Gillian R. Brown Oxford, £17.99 (hb), ISBN 0-19-850884-0 Evolution is the central idea in...

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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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