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

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Ghost Hunters: The Victorians and the Hunt for Proof of Life After Death

Phil - 11th September 2008

The Ghost Hunters by Deborah Blum Arrow Books, £8.99 (pb), ISBN 978-0099469346 In 1848, in Hydesville, New York, two sisters, Kate and Margaret Fox, began ‘communicating’ with...

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Quirkology: The Curious Science of Everyday Lives

Phil - 10th September 2008

Quirkology: The Curious Science of Everyday Lives by Richard Wiseman Pan Macmillan, £9.99, ISBN 978-0-230-70215-8 In this eminently readable survey, Wiseman introduces the general reader to a...

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Nick Pope: The Man Who Left the MOD

Phil - 10th September 2008

Nick Pope: The Man Who Left the Mod (REGION 1) (NTSC) directed by Philip Gardiner Reality Films, £27.99, EAN 883629172309 If you really expect anything to be...

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The Psychic Handbook

Phil - 10th September 2008

The Psychic Handbook: Discover and Enhance Your Hidden Psychic Powers by Craig & Jane Hamilton Parker Vermilion, £10.99, ISBN 978-0091790868 Do you finish people’s sentences for them?...

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Who Shot JFK?

Phil - 10th September 2008

Who Shot JFK? by Robin Ramsay Pocket Essentials, £9.99, ISBN 978-1-84243-232-7 Readers of The Skeptic may feel they have had enough of the Kennedy assassination, but here...

Skepticism

Utne Nomination 2005

Phil - 9th August 2008

— The Utne Reader, a national magazine that celebrates the best of the independent press by reading and reprinting from 1,500 independent magazines,...

Alternative Medicine

Prince Charles, the NHS, and the 2005 Smallwood report

Wendy M. Grossman - 5th July 2008

From the archives, Wendy Grossman assesses the 2005 Smallwood report, commissioned by then-prince Charles, on the role of CAM within the NHS.

Making UFOlogy History: Roswell, and the story of Betty and Barney Hill

David Clarke - 2nd July 2008

From the archives, David Clarke reviews classic UFO cases 60 years after the birth of UFOlogy: the Roswell incident, and Betty and Barney Hill

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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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