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From the archives: Cyril Burt Reconsidered – Another look at the charges of fraud levelled against Burt

John C McLachlan -
From the archives of July 1993, John C McLachlan picks back up the story of Cyril Burt, to question how much can be attributed to fraud, and how much to sloppiness.
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From the archives: Sir Francis Galton, the Victorian polymath… and noted eugenicist

Russell Dear, Marianne Baker -
From the archives of July 1993, Russell Dear profiles the Victorian scientist, statistician, and eugenicist, Sir Francis Galton, followed by an addendum from Marianne Baker.
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The online debate about halal and kosher meat uses animal welfare as a political weapon

Robyn Lowe -
Social media debates that use concerns over halal and kosher practices as a proxy for prejudice do nothing to further the cause of animal welfare.
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From the archives: Psychic Diary – Two North Yorkshire oddities

Toby Howard -
From the archives of July 1993, Toby Howard reports from a North Yorkshire field trip to a tomb and a temple.
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The Ockham Awards 2026: recognising the best in skepticism, and the worst in pseudoscience

Michael Marshall -
Nominations for the 2026 Ockham Awards are now open, with our annual award for Skeptical Activism and our Rusty Razor award for pseudoscience.
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From the archives: Neural Networks and NDEs – Can a computer have a near-death experience?

David Bradbury -
From the archives of July 1993, David Bradbury on the experiments which claimed to show neural networks were capable of producing NDEs.
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From the archives: Cold fusion heats up

Chris Tinsley -
From the archives of May 1993, Chris Tinsley urges caution in writing off cold fusion experiments, before they had been proven to be a hoax.
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From the archives: Trial by television – being the token skeptic on a TV talk show

Wendy M. Grossman -
From the archives of May 1993, Wendy Grossman appears on Anglia Live to talk about ghosts, and meets the Grimsby Ghostbusters.
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