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The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession and the Everlasting Dead

Phil - 2nd December 2008

The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession and the Everlasting Dead by Heather Pringle 4th Estate, £15.99, ISBN 1841151114 Among the theatrical attractions of 1830s Britain was “mummy unrolling”....

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The Encyclopedia of Magic and Witchcraft

Phil - 2nd December 2008

The Encyclopedia of Magic and Witchcraft: An Historical Exploration into the World of the Magician by Susan Greenwood Little Brown, £17.95, ISBN 0754805816 This is a beautiful...

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Annie’s Box: Charles Darwin, his Daughter and Human Evolution

Phil - 2nd December 2008

Annie's Box: Charles Darwin, His Daughter and Human Evolution by Randal Keynes 4th Estate, £16.99, ISBN 1841150606 On 23 April 1851 Charles Darwin’s beloved ten-yearold daughter Annie...

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The Hunt For Zero Point

Phil - 2nd December 2008

Hunt for Zero Point by Nick Cook Century, £17.99, ISBN 0712669531 I walked into the bookshop, my eyes glanced from side to side and then I saw...

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Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour

Phil - 1st December 2008

Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour by Kevin N. Laland and Gillian R. Brown Oxford, £17.99 (hb), ISBN 0-19-850884-0 Evolution is the central idea in...

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Only One Sky to Fly in: Embracing the Reptiles

Phil - 1st December 2008

Only One Sky to Fly in: Embracing the Reptiles by Jacqueline Maria Longstaff Quester Books, ISBN 0954190440 There are two reasons why you might read this book....

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Intuition: its powers and perils

Phil - 1st December 2008

Intuition: Its Powers and Perils by David G. Myers Yale University Press, £17.95 (hb), ISBN 0-300-09531-7 I had a good feeling about this book from the moment...

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Fundamentalist World: The New Dark Age of Dogma

Phil - 1st December 2008

Fundamentalist World: The New Dark Age of Dogma by Stuart Sim Icon Books Ltd., £12.99 (hb), ISBN 1 84046 532 8 This fascinating book discusses many fundamentalist...

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Lemme Purr: the celebrity-backed wellness gummies trading on intimate insecurities

First do no harm? Treatments don’t need to be harmless, as long they do good

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

Does pill packet branding change the placebo response, or is this just another placebo myth?

Studying the promotion of health misinformation by the Bolsonaro government

It’s far to soon too tell patients platelet-rich plasma injections can treat infertility

First do no harm? Treatments don’t need to be harmless, as long they do good

Pacemakers don’t work when they’re switched off – we should doubt studies that say otherwise

From the archive: Return To Silpho Moor – the Scarborough sky crash of 1957

Droning on: shedding a skeptical light on the New Jersey UAP panic

From the archive: The man who invented the flying saucer

From the archive: Memory, fantasy and past lives – reflections on past life regressions

From the archive: Many Happy Returns – Are past-life regressions evidence for reincarnation?

Left-wing conspiracy theories and ‘missing’ votes in the wake of Trump’s election win

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

Conclave raises fascinating hypothetical scenarios within the Catholic Church

The assisted dying conversation requires sensitive and compassionate debate

From the archive: Return To Silpho Moor – the Scarborough sky crash of 1957

Ho Ho Holy Man? Why Santa technically doesn’t quite count as a god

Spotify Trapped? The algorithm is not what’s keeping you from new music

Will we soon face AI-related risks? Maybe, but they are probably overestimated

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

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