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From the archive: How (not) to talk to aliens, and the challenges of extraterrestrial languages

Mark Newbrook - 28th October 2006

From the archives in 2006, Mark Newbrook ponders the complexities of extraterrestrial languages

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From the archive: Psychoanalysing God – Sigmund Freud on Religion

Ian Fairholm - 21st October 2006

From the archives in 2006, Ian Fairholm discusses Freud, neuroticism and religion

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From the archive: Motivated distortion of personal memory for trauma

Mark Pendergrast - 7th October 2006

From the archives, at the Remembering Trauma Conference held in September 2003, Mark Pendergrast described how people can develop false memories for terrible events

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What Colour is Four? The Perception of Synaesthesia in Art and Science

Marc Tibber - 1st October 2006

From the archives, Marc Tibber traces the shifting position of an intriguing psychological phenomenon

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From the archive: Forgive us our trespassers – Rendlesham and diplomacy

Peter Brookesmith - 14th April 2006

From the archives in 2006, Peter Brookesmith considers the diplomatic aspects of the Rendlesham ‘cover-up’

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From the archive: The Rendlesham Incident – Some Lessons for UFOlogy

Jenny Randle - 7th April 2006

From the archives in 2006, Jenny Randles describes her own long involvement with the case and considers its implications for UFOlogy in general

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From the archive: The Truth about Rendlesham

James Easton - 2nd April 2006

From the archives in 2006, James Easton presents the first of a series of articles on Britain’s most notorious UFO case.

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From the archive: Rendlesham Forest – Britain’s Roswell?

David Clarke - 2nd April 2006

From the archives in 2006, would the release of official documents relating to the Rendlesham Forest incident reveal that a UFO really landed? Dr David Clarke investigates.

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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

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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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