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If pseudoscience actually worked, scientists would be first in line to profit
Slava Amanatski
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8th December 2025
Alternative Medicine
From the archives: the ‘Synchro-Energiser’ – a pseudoscientific panacea?
Michael Heap
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4th November 2025
Alternative Medicine
Are nanoparticles a turning point for homeopathy? Don’t count on it
Edzard Ernst
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27th October 2025
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Why is Tesco’s free recipe magazine telling me about the health benefits of sea moss?
Alice Howarth
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25th September 2025
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Preventing British Supplements’ health claims isn’t an infringement of free speech
Michael Marshall
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8th September 2025
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Physiotherapy is almost as pseudoscientific as osteopathy and chiropractic
Paul Ingraham
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11th December 2025
Health
Is the 10,000 steps goal a fitness fact or merely a marketing myth?
Elissar Gerges
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10th December 2025
Conspiracy Theories
Why do people ignore evidence, and what actually changes minds?
Zion Lights
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5th December 2025
Nutrition
How ultra-processed food fear can fuel anxiety and disordered eating
Maeve Hanan
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28th November 2025
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Polylaminin: a miracle cure for spinal injuries, or another media hype story?
Marcelo Yamashita
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10th November 2025
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If pseudoscience actually worked, scientists would be first in line to profit
Slava Amanatski
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8th December 2025
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The BBC’s NightWatch is a control group for Ghost Hunting TV
Hayley Stevens
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19th November 2025
Religion
A forgotten sceptic: William M. Knox, the one-eyed atheist of Belfast
Madeleine Goodall
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17th November 2025
Paranormal
Exploring the limits of skepticism. Part 2: The plot thickens
Chris French
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12th November 2025
Paranormal
The Grim Rea-purr? The cats claimed to be able to predict death
Brian Eggo
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3rd November 2025
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How word games and folk etymology feed into fringe beliefs
Mark Horne
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15th December 2025
Conspiracy Theories
Why do people ignore evidence, and what actually changes minds?
Zion Lights
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5th December 2025
Conspiracy Theories
Phantom Time Hypothesis – the supposedly ‘missing’ fortnight in 1752
Mike Hall
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5th November 2025
Conspiracy Theories
Predictive Programming: why conspiracists scour pop culture for sinister clues
Dave Hahn
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29th October 2025
Conspiracy Theories
The sinking of the Titanic wasn’t a crafty insurance con, it was a real tragedy
Mike Hall
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13th October 2025
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Encouraging non-belief and activism against witch hunts in black communities
Leo Igwe
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12th December 2025
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Fake products, fake doctors, fake testimonials – the unchecked menace of online ads
Michael Marshall
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4th December 2025
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Can assisted dying be a free choice in a society that dehumanises disabled people?
Sorrel Kinton
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2nd December 2025
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The Good Counsel Network and young, anti-abortion Catholic women
Abigail Kennedy
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27th November 2025
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What little you know about Jack the Ripper’s victims is almost certainly wrong
Mike Hall
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26th November 2025
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In a culture of materialism, The Emperor’s New Clothes have designer labels
Daniel Aaron Levy
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17th December 2025
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Is the 10,000 steps goal a fitness fact or merely a marketing myth?
Elissar Gerges
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10th December 2025
Conspiracy Theories
Why do people ignore evidence, and what actually changes minds?
Zion Lights
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5th December 2025
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Fake products, fake doctors, fake testimonials – the unchecked menace of online ads
Michael Marshall
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4th December 2025
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Moderating social media: hate is the name of the business
Carlos Orsi
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1st December 2025
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Conclave raises fascinating hypothetical scenarios within the Catholic Church
Gabriel Andrade
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10th January 2025
The recent film Conclave, about the election of a new Pope, sheds light on the very human process behind anointing a new spokesperson for god
Religion
Ho Ho Holy Man? Why Santa technically doesn’t quite count as a god
Kat Ford
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23rd December 2024
Steeped in ritual, with an almost-omniscient knowledge of children's morality and sleeping habits, should Santa be considered a god?
Religion
March for Life: The UK’s anti-abortion movement is becoming more organised and emboldened
Abigail Kennedy
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7th October 2024
March for Life UK's pro-health summit showcased the full range of judgmental anti-choice rhetoric on abortion, IVF, and assisted dying
Placebo Effect
Religion is simply a powerful placebo – offering priests a sense of ritual, but little else
Colin Brewer
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23rd September 2024
Theatrical but ultimately ineffective, religion may be the ultimate placebo effect - as 17th Century priest Jean Meslier realised 300 years ago
Moral Panics
The wealthy, conservative American Christian groups pushing anti-abortion protests in the UK
Michael Marshall
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9th September 2024
"Woman arrested for praying" is the latest in a string of legal cases used by US conservative Christian organisations to fight against progress in the UK
History
The 2024 Olympics ceremony raises the spectre of pagan influence on the origins of Christianity
Gabriel Andrade
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7th August 2024
Christians offended by their misinterpretation of the Olympics opening ceremony are clearly ignorant of the pagan influences on their religion
Politics
Donald Trump’s survival was no miracle – unlikely things happen, without supernatural interference
Gabriel Andrade
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22nd July 2024
Donald Trump's supporters have attributed his failed assassination attempt to a miracle, to bolster the claims that he's a candidate chosen by God
Religion
The supernormal confronts the supernatural in Karl Ove Knausgaard’s prophetic new series
Ted Lefroy
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1st July 2024
Karl Ove Knausgaard’s novels The Morning Star and The Wolves of Eternity offer a cautionary tale about Silicon Valley’s search for immortality
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