Skepticism

From the archives: Brainwashing a skeptic – escaping from a frightening cult

From the archives in 1992, Arthur Chappell tells us how he fell into, and later escaped from, the Divine Light Mission cult.

Reform UK win 2025 Rusty Razor award for worst psuedoscience of the year

Nigel Farage's political party, Reform UK, has been named The Skeptic's 'Rusty Razor' award winner for worst pseudoscience of 2025

Dr Cyriac Abby Philips wins 2025 Skeptical Activism Ockham award

Dr Cyriac Abby Philips, an Indian doctor who exposes the harms of alternative medicine, wins the 2025 Ockham Award for Skeptical Activism.

Unpacking the fear and panic around ultra-processed foods

Scaremongering claims about ultra-processed food fill make for eye-catching media headlines - but is fear of the dreaded UPF really evidence-based?

From the archives: The medium is not the message – fighting crime with psychics

From the archives in 1992, The Freethinker's Terry Sanderson examines claims that psychics were used to solve crimes.

From the archives: Who Invented the Loch Ness Monster?

From the archives in 1992, science writer and author Steuart Campbell goes in search of the origin of the Loch Ness legend.

From the archives: The Silver Man ‘alien’ photo is merely retouched reality

From the archives in 1992, Ole Henningsen explains how "The silver man", a famous picture of an ‘alien', is a simple photographic hoax.

From the archives: A look at paranormal trends in the Soviet Union

From the archives in 1992, Tim Axon looks at how paranormal beliefs flourished in the the former Soviet Union
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