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The abuse of the scientific method in so-called alternative medicine
Edzard Ernst
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27th January 2025
Wellness
Lemme Purr: the celebrity-backed wellness gummies trading on intimate insecurities
Alice Howarth
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18th December 2024
Alternative Medicine
First do no harm? Treatments don’t need to be harmless, as long they do good
Edzard Ernst
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27th November 2024
Health
Moroccan Argan oil is an interesting traditional product, but it’s certainly no panacea
Alice Howarth
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18th November 2024
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Animals, acupuncture and alt-med: the Brazilian penguin being subjected to Enya
Natália Pasternak
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11th November 2024
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The anti-fluoridation movement is born of public health mistrust and misinformation
Elissar Gerges
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24th January 2025
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How genuine is cultural commentators’ ‘concern’ for OnlyFans model Lily Phillips?
Abigail Kennedy
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22nd January 2025
Placebo Effect
Placebo surgery: why performing fake operations doesn’t actually help anyone
Mike Hall
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20th January 2025
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Madmonq, or how not even video gamers are safe from the nutritional supplement industry
Alice Howarth
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17th January 2025
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Does pill packet branding change the placebo response, or is this just another placebo myth?
Mike Hall
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16th December 2024
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From the archive: Martian waterways – the story of the canals of Mars
Sean O'Brian
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28th January 2025
Moral Panics
The recent New Jersey drone scare tells us a lot about how panics spread
Dave Hahn
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15th January 2025
Archive
From the archive: Paul Daniels, the Philosophical Prestidigitator
Mike Hutchinson
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14th January 2025
Archive
From the archive: Return To Silpho Moor – the Scarborough sky crash of 1957
Roger Ford
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7th January 2025
UFOs
Droning on: shedding a skeptical light on the New Jersey UAP panic
Nick Garratt
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6th January 2025
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Left-wing conspiracy theories and ‘missing’ votes in the wake of Trump’s election win
Dave Hahn
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9th December 2024
Conspiracy Theories
Comparing misinformation to a virus is both accurate and useful in preventing its spread
Sander van der Linden
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5th November 2024
Conspiracy Theories
2000 mules: why many Americans are convinced Trump won the 2020 election
Jim Cliff
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4th November 2024
Conspiracy Theories
Welcome to the modern American Right – the world that high weirdness built
Aaron Rabinowitz
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14th October 2024
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Donald Trump’s debate performance proved he has mainstreamed extreme conspiracy theories
Dave Hahn
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27th September 2024
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From the archive: Martian waterways – the story of the canals of Mars
Sean O'Brian
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28th January 2025
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How genuine is cultural commentators’ ‘concern’ for OnlyFans model Lily Phillips?
Abigail Kennedy
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22nd January 2025
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From the archive: Analysing handwriting analysis and graphology
Barrie Whitaker
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21st January 2025
Moral Panics
The recent New Jersey drone scare tells us a lot about how panics spread
Dave Hahn
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15th January 2025
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From the archive: Paul Daniels, the Philosophical Prestidigitator
Mike Hutchinson
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14th January 2025
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From the archive: Analysing handwriting analysis and graphology
Barrie Whitaker
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21st January 2025
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Placebo surgery: why performing fake operations doesn’t actually help anyone
Mike Hall
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20th January 2025
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Will we soon face AI-related risks? Maybe, but they are probably overestimated
Georgy Kurakin
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6th December 2024
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Scientific publication is now fully digital – so who is responsible for preserving our archives?
Cesar Baima
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20th November 2024
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HADD its day: there’s no evidence for an inherited hyperactive agency detection device
Kat Ford
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13th November 2024
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When skepticism collides with human experience. The societal implications of scientific skepticism.
Archive
From the archive: Pyramids, pyramyths and pyramidiots
Barry Williams
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19th October 1989
From the archive in 1989, former president of Australian Skeptics Barry Williams examines the mystical claims for pyramid power
Archive
From the archives: Hear our prayers – the Northern Irish prayer efficacy study
Wendy M. Grossman
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12th October 1989
From the archives in 1989, Wendy Grossman tracks down Francis Galton's 1872 study on the supposed power of prayer in Northern Ireland
Alternative Medicine
From the archives: In the eye of the beholder – Keeping an eye on iridology
Hocus Pocus
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7th October 1989
From the archives in 1989, The Skeptic's roving correspondent takes a look at the alternative diagnostic practice of iridology
Archive
From the archives: Twitching sticks – the (pseudo)science of dowsing
Anthony Garrett
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5th October 1989
From the archives in 1989, Anthony Garrett takes a look at the science - or otherwise - of dowsing and water divination
Archive
Being a magician wasn’t necessarily sufficient to see through the trickery of Uri Geller
Mike Hutchinson
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16th September 1989
From the archives in 1989, Mike Hutchinson examines contemporary accounts of the miracles performed by Uri Geller, and how they impressed a rather naive magician
Archive
From the archives: A look at the world of Tarot cards
Mike Rutter
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5th July 1989
From the archives in 1989, Mike Rutter takes a look at the world of Tarot cards and their ability to divine the future.
Archive
From the archives: Having faith in skepticism – Science, belief and meaning
Nick Beard
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1st May 1989
From the archives in 1989, Nick Beard examines the skeptical movement of the late 1980s, and the principles on which it was founded
Archive
From the archives: Cosmic Crystal Crankery – An examination of ‘New Age’ crystalline nonsense
Stephen Moreton
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1st March 1989
From the archives in 1989, Dr Stephen Moreton takes a look at the New Age fascination with crystals
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From the archive: Martian waterways – the story of the canals of Mars
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How genuine is cultural commentators’ ‘concern’ for OnlyFans model Lily Phillips?
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