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From the archive: the hollow earth, and the inside-out cosmos

Bill Penny -
From the archives in 1991, Bill Penny looks at the theory of the hollow earth, the notion that the entire cosmos exists inside a sphere
Conspiracy Theories

‘Jewtlantis’ isn’t a utopian vision – it is AI slop with an antisemitic tinge

Aaron Rabinowitz -
Jewtlantis – the AI-generated vision of a CyberZionist utopia – only serves to reinforce all manner of antisemitic conspiracy theories
Extremism

Seed oils: how a panic over cooking fats is lubricating the alt-right pipeline

Alice Howarth -
The seed oils fear may look like just another nutritional panic, but it plays into an ideological drive towards 'traditional' alt-right ideals
History

Did pirates and a First Nations chief help kick-start the Enlightenment?

Ted Lefroy -
The Enlightenment is often talked of as a 'Western' project, but European thinkers were influenced by the societies they met on their colonial travels
Moral Panics

Got any leads? Dog thieves won’t really leave secret signs outside your house

Brian Eggo -
Claims that would-be dog thieves mark their victims' houses with stickers echo old urban legends designed to spread fear and anxiety
Religion

Is Pope Leo XIV the true successor to the apostle Peter, Catholicism’s first Pope?

Gabriel Andrade -
The new Pope is no successor to Peter - the facts do not support the Catholic narrative that Peter was ever bishop of Rome, or the first established Pope
Podcast

The Skeptic Podcast: Episode #010

The Skeptic Podcast -
Featuring articles from Deborah Hyde (November 2020), Brian Eggo (November 2020), Shaun Sellars (December 2020), Pixie Turner (March 2021)
Skepticism

Black Pope, Bad Omen? Apocalyptic fears, Nostradamus, and the Papal succession

Gabriel Andrade -
Misinterpreted 'predictions' about a black pope ushering in the end times reveal more about contemporary biases than about Nostradamus
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