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That’s Bollocks!: Urban Legends, Conspiracy Theories and Old Wives’ Tales

Phil - 11th September 2008

That's Bollocks!: Urban Legends, Conspiracy Theories and Old Wives' Tales by Albert Jack Penguin Books, £12.99 (hb), ISBN 0 140 51574 7 …You said it, pal. You...

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Just Another Day

Paul Taylor - 11th September 2008

Just Another Day: The Science and Technology of our Everyday Lives by Adam Hart-Davis Orion Books, ISBN 0752873342 Given the relentless tide of mind-shrinking nonsense that drenches...

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Opus Dei: The Truth About Its Rituals, Secrets and Power

Phil - 11th September 2008

Opus Dei: The Truth About Its Rituals, Secrets and Power by John L Allen Penguin Books, £8.99 (pb), ISBN 0141024658 Thanks to Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code...

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A Teaspoon and an Open Mind

Phil - 11th September 2008

A Teaspoon and an Open Mind: What Would an Alien Look Like? Is Time Travel Possible? and Other Intergalactic Conumdrums from the World of...

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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife

Phil - 11th September 2008

Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach Norton Paperback, £12.69, ISBN 978-0-393-32912-4 Is there life after death and, if so, how can we find out? One...

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After Atheism: Science, Religion and the Meaning of Life

Phil - 11th September 2008

After Atheism: Science, Religion and the Meaning of Life By Mark Vernon Palgrave Macmillan £18.99 ISBN 0230013414 It is a shame that Mark Vernon and his version...

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Contact with Alien Civilizations

Phil - 11th September 2008

Contact with Alien Civilizations: Our Hopes and Fears About Encountering Extraterrestrials By Michael A G Michaud Copernicus Books (Springer Science + Business Media), £17.50 (hb), ISBN 0-387-28598-9 Probably....

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Newton: A Very Short Introduction

Phil - 11th September 2008

Newton: A Very Short Introduction by Rob Lliffe Oxford University Press, £6.99, ISBN 978 0 19 929803 7 Rob Lliffe is well placed to analyse the life...

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Welcome to the modern American Right – the world that high weirdness built

Donald Trump’s debate performance proved he has mainstreamed extreme conspiracy theories

Med Beds: the futuristic health devices promising to cure you with undefined energy

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HADD its day: there’s no evidence for an inherited hyperactive agency detection device

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Comparing misinformation to a virus is both accurate and useful in preventing its spread

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