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From the archive: Rendlesham Forest – Britain’s Roswell?

David Clarke - 2nd April 2006

From the archives in 2006, would the release of official documents relating to the Rendlesham Forest incident reveal that a UFO really landed? Dr David Clarke investigates.

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Pop-science isn’t ‘dumbing down’, it’s opening the door and welcoming people in

Julian Baggini - 1st April 2006

From the archives, Julian Baggini explains that doommongering about 'dumbing down' underestimates the intelligence of the general public

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Rhyme and Reason – Magnetic quackery

Steve Donnelly - 1st April 2006

From the archives, Steve Donnelly takes a look at MagneCare's claims that magnetism can cure all manner of ailments

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Cognitive dissonance – the mental gymnastics that help us rationalise our sloppy thinking

Lee Traynor - 1st April 2006

From the archives, Lee Traynor looks at how cognitive dissonance important in understanding pseudoscience

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Feel the force – examining the imagination’s role in Ki Aikido and soft martial arts

Martin Parkinson - 1st April 2006

From the archives, barefoot sceptic Martin Parkinson ‘fesses up and counts his new age brownie points.

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The Mystery of Hellfire Pass: Part Three – A possible solution to the mystery?

Robert Bartholomew, Paul Chambers - 24th January 2006

From the archives, Paul Chambers and Robert Bartholomew round off their investigation into the ‘Phantom Sniper of Esher’

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The Mystery of Hellfire Pass: Part Two

Robert Bartholomew, Paul Chambers - 17th October 2005

From the archives, Paul Chambers and Robert Bartholomew consider some theories as to the identity of the ‘sniper’s’ of Hellfire Pass

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Philosopher’s Corner: why people continue to see underwhelming psychics

Julian Baggini - 12th October 2005

From the archives, Julian Baggini explains that even when people gain nothing from seeing a psychic, the instinct that they've nothing to lose by trying it is one that's hard to overcome

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The abuse of the scientific method in so-called alternative medicine

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People with Alzheimer’s deserve care and dignity – not false hope of miracle cures

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Left-wing conspiracy theories and ‘missing’ votes in the wake of Trump’s election win

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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

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How genuine is cultural commentators’ ‘concern’ for OnlyFans model Lily Phillips?

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The recent New Jersey drone scare tells us a lot about how panics spread

From the archive: Paul Daniels, the Philosophical Prestidigitator

The Telepathy Tapes is wrong – autistic children don’t have supernatural powers

People with Alzheimer’s deserve care and dignity – not false hope of miracle cures

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Placebo surgery: why performing fake operations doesn’t actually help anyone

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