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Fabulous Science: Fact and Fiction in the History of Scientific Discovery

Phil - 11th September 2008

Fabulous Science: Fact and Fiction in the History of Scientific Discovery by John Waller Oxford University Press, £8.99 (pb), ISBN 0198609396 Waller’s main theme is our predilection...

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The Whole Story: Alternative Medicine on Trial?

Phil - 11th September 2008

The Whole Story: Alternative Medicine on Trial? by Toby Murcott Macmillan, £16.99 (hb), ISBN 1403945004 Murcott, who trained as a biochemist, writes on complementary and alternative medicine...

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Dawkins’ God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life

Phil - 11th September 2008

Dawkins' God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life by Alister McGrath Blackwell, £45.00 (hb), £9.99 (pb), ISBN 1-4051-2539-X (hb), 1-4051-2538-1 (pb) McGrath, a theologian and former...

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Adapting Minds: Evolutionary Psychology and the Persistent Quest for Human Nature

Paul Taylor - 11th September 2008

Adapting Minds: Evolutionary Psychology and the Persistent Quest for Human Nature by David J. Buller MIT Press, $34.95 (hb), ISBN 0-262-02579-5 Our evolutionary heritage is of absorbing...

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Stripping the Gurus: Sex, Violence, Abuse and Enlightenment

Phil - 11th September 2008

Stripping the Gurus: Sex, Violence, Abuse and Enlightenment by Geoffrey D. Falk Million Monkeys Press, Cdn$7.95 (pdf from < http://www.strippingthegurus.com>), ISBN 0-9736203-3-1 In some 650 pages the...

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The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick: How a Spectacular Hoax Became History

Phil - 11th September 2008

The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick: How a Spectacular Hoax Became History by Peter Lamont Abacus, £7.99 (pb), ISBN 0349118248 Newspaper circulation wars are nothing new....

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The Sense of Being Stared at: And Other Aspects of the Extended Mind

Phil - 11th September 2008

The Sense of Being Stared at: And Other Aspects of the Extended Mind by Rupert Sheldrake Arrow Books, £7.99 (pb), ISBN 0099441535 Readers of The Skeptic will...

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Surviving Armageddon: Solutions for a Threatened Planet

Phil - 11th September 2008

Surviving Armageddon: Solutions for a Threatened Planet By Bill McGuire Oxford University Press, £14.99, ISBN 0-19-280571-1 Bill McGuire is a distinguished volcanologist with many scientific and popular...

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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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