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Parallel Worlds: The Science of Alternative Universes and Our Future in the Cosmos

Phil - 11th September 2008

Parallel Worlds: The Science of Alternative Universes and Our Future in the Cosmos by Michio Kaku Penguin Books, £8.99 (pb), ISBN 0141014636 It has become compulsory to...

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The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity: A Study in Sociological Semantics and the Sociology of Science

Phil - 11th September 2008

The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity: A Study in Sociological Semantics and the Sociology of Science by Robert K Merton and Elinor Barber Princeton University Press,...

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The Hanged Man: A Story of Miracle, Memory, and Colonialism in the Middle Ages

Phil - 11th September 2008

The Hanged Man: A Story of Miracle, Memory, and Colonialism in the Middle Ages by Robert Bartlett Princeton University Press, £9.95 (pb), ISBN 0 691 12604...

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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive

Paul Taylor - 11th September 2008

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive by Jared Diamond Penguin, £9.99, ISBN 0-140-27951-2 “The monumental ruins left behind by societies hold a romantic fascination...

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Evil Incarnate Rumors of Demonic Conspiracy and Satanic Abuse in History

Phil - 11th September 2008

Evil Incarnate Rumors of Demonic Conspiracy and Satanic Abuse in History by David Frankfurter Princeton University Press, $29.95, ISBN 0-691-11350-5 In the 1980s, American TV ‘revealed’ a...

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The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland

Phil - 11th September 2008

The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland by Steve Roud Penguin, £10.99, ISBN 0140515127 Why is it that, whenever I see a single magpie,...

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A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives

Phil - 11th September 2008

A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives by Cordelia Fine Icon Books, £9.99, ISBN 1840466782 For those of us who like to put...

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The Nativity: History and Legend

Phil - 11th September 2008

The Nativity: History and Legend by Geza Vermes Penguin Books, £7.99 (pb), ISBN 0-141-12446-1 Christian dogma rests on the life and teaching of Jesus Christ and in...

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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

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

From the archive: A former Scientologist explains what the cult is all about

Huge social media accounts glorify ancient architecture, while whitewashing the past

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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