Skepticism

From the archives: ‘Brainsex’, and the folly of sex-based neuroscience

From the archives in 1991, Wendy Grossman debunks 'Brainsex', which argues for biological differences between male and female brains

From the archives: Spirits at Large – a skeptical visit to a spiritualist church

From the archives in 1991, Lucy Fisher visits her local spiritualist church and is underwhelmed by the shows of clairvoyance

Teaching Nigerian primary school children the importance of asking questions

Instead of traditional rote learning and memorising, the questionstorm project encourages children to explore by asking questions

From the archives: Why don’t creationists talk about sex?

From the archives in 1991, Donald Rooum ponders why creationists are so loathe to discuss their designer's grand plan for reproduction

From the archives: Smith and Blackburn – the story of a great hoax

From the archives in 1991, the great Martin Gardner reports on a historic psychic hoax, and the importance of consulting magicians when testing psychics

From the archive: The Freethinker, 1881-1991 – bastion of free thought

From the archives in 1991, William Mcllroy discusses the history of The Freethinker magazine across its first 110 years

From the archive: the hollow earth, and the inside-out cosmos

From the archives in 1991, Bill Penny looks at the theory of the hollow earth, the notion that the entire cosmos exists inside a sphere

The Skeptic Podcast: Episode #010

Featuring articles from Deborah Hyde (November 2020), Brian Eggo (November 2020), Shaun Sellars (December 2020), Pixie Turner (March 2021)
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