Society

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

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From the archives: Heaven and Earth – Is the ‘curse of Tutankhamen’ a curse at all?

Mike Hutchinson -
From the archives in 1988, Mike Hutchinson examines the evidence for and against the supposed curse of Tutankhamen
Moral Panics

Decades on, we still haven’t fully learned the right lessons from the Satanic Panic

Mark Horne -
Drawing on her work as journalist at the time, Rosie Waterhouse's "Satanic Panic - A Modern Myth" details the creation of the notorious moral panic
Archive

From the archive: Explaining the Turin Shroud – the creation of a religious hoax

Steve Donnelly -
From the archives in 1988, Steve Donnelly interviews Joe Nickel on the Turin Shroud and how the hoax was created
Bad PR

How many young people deny the Holocaust? The truth might actually surprise you

Michael Marshall -
Recent news stories declared that a fifth of all young Americans believe the Holocaust is a myth - however the finding owed more to online polling weaknesses than to antisemitism
Archive

From the archives: The ‘Saints and Martyrs’ of Parapsychology

H.B. Gibson -
From the archives in 1988, H.B. Gibson questions the role that fraud plays in parapsychology
Religion

The supernormal confronts the supernatural in Karl Ove Knausgaard’s prophetic new series

Ted Lefroy -
Karl Ove Knausgaard’s novels The Morning Star and The Wolves of Eternity offer a cautionary tale about Silicon Valley’s search for immortality
Conspiracy Theories

Redemption or ruse? Russell Brand’s conversion to Christianity examined

Abigail Kennedy -
Comedian turned conspiracist guru Russell Brand recently announced his conversion to Christianity - but is his a story of redemption, or an attempt to evade scrutiny?
Archive

From the archives: A historical Dutch UFO hunt – How one phone call roused all Amsterdam

Marcel Hulspas -
From the archives in 1988, Marcel Huspas of the Dutch skeptics reports on a UFO hunt that caught the attention of all of Amsterdam
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