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

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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife

Phil - 11th September 2008

Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach Norton Paperback, £12.69, ISBN 978-0-393-32912-4 Is there life after death and, if so, how can we find out? One...

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After Atheism: Science, Religion and the Meaning of Life

Phil - 11th September 2008

After Atheism: Science, Religion and the Meaning of Life By Mark Vernon Palgrave Macmillan £18.99 ISBN 0230013414 It is a shame that Mark Vernon and his version...

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Contact with Alien Civilizations

Phil - 11th September 2008

Contact with Alien Civilizations: Our Hopes and Fears About Encountering Extraterrestrials By Michael A G Michaud Copernicus Books (Springer Science + Business Media), £17.50 (hb), ISBN 0-387-28598-9 Probably....

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Newton: A Very Short Introduction

Phil - 11th September 2008

Newton: A Very Short Introduction by Rob Lliffe Oxford University Press, £6.99, ISBN 978 0 19 929803 7 Rob Lliffe is well placed to analyse the life...

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Fear of Knowledge: Against Relativism and Constructivism

Paul Taylor - 11th September 2008

Fear of Knowledge: Against Relativism and Constructivism by Paul Boghossian Oxford University Press, £14.99 (hb), ISBN 0-19-928718-X The glorious Sokal booby-trap of 1996 seems to have done...

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Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Phil - 11th September 2008

Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast by Lewis Wolpert Faber and Faber, £8.99 (pb), ISBN 978-0-571-23166-3 In some ways I feel these 243 pages are too few. There...

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Fakers, Forgers and Phoneys: Famous Scams and Scamps

Phil - 11th September 2008

Fakers, Forgers and Phoneys: Famous Scams and Scamps by Magnus Magnusson Mainstream, £9.99, ISBN 978-1-84596-210-4 I must begin by admitting that the author of this book, who...

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The Occult Tradition: From the Renaissance to the Present Day

Phil - 11th September 2008

The Occult Tradition: From the Renaissance to the Present Day by David S. Katz Pimlico, £8.99 (pb), ISBN 9780712667869 The main aim of occult practices is “to...

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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

Floral alchemy: the even stranger Brazilian cousin of Bach Flower Remedies

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

The secret to a year-round tan – eating so many carrots you turn orange?

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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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?

Moroccan Argan oil is an interesting traditional product, but it’s certainly no panacea

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