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

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Immortal Remains: the evidence for life after death

Phil - 1st December 2008

Immortal Remains: The Evidence for Life After Death By Stephen E Braude Rowman & Littlefield, 2003, ISBN 0-7425-1472-2 “Rascals! Would you live for ever?”, Frederick the...

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Galileo’s Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science

Phil - 1st December 2008

Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science By Peter Atkins Oxford University Press 2003, £20.00, ISBN 0-19 860664-8 Richard Dawkins, quoted on the back cover, says Atkins...

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The Problem of the Soul: Two visions of mind and how to reconcile them

Paul Taylor - 1st December 2008

The Problem of the Soul: Two Visions of Mind and How to Reconcile Them by Owen Flanagan Basic Books, $16.95, ISBN 0465024610 This philosophical report on where...

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Mortal Minds: A Biology of the Soul and the Dying Experience

Chris French - 1st December 2008

Mortal Minds: The Biology of Near Death Experiences by G.M. Woerlee De Tijdstroom, 25 Euros, ISBN 90 5898 057 X Gerry Woerlee is an anaesthesiologist with many...

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Brainwashing: The science of thought control

Phil - 1st December 2008

Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control by Kathleen Taylor Oxford University Press, £18.99, ISBN 0-19-280496-0 This is a book of three parts. In the first section, Taylor...

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Trust: From Socrates to Spin

Phil - 1st December 2008

Trust: ..From Socrates to Spin by Kieron O’Hara Icon Books, £12.99, ISBN 1 840446 531 X Trust, as the author points out, is a universal component...

The Messengers of Lily Dale: An Analysis of Modern Spiritualist Mediums

Benjamin Radford - 26th October 2008

From the archives, Benjamin Radford recounts his experience at a mediumship retreat in the USA

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The Ancestor’s Tale

Paul Taylor - 11th September 2008

The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins Orion Books, £25.00 (hb), ISBN 0-297-82503-8 There being, by now, not much room left to drive further nails into the coffin...

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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

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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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