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A psychic child bride and ghostly inspiration: the invention of chiropractic
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28th February 2025
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The abuse of the scientific method in so-called alternative medicine
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The Beecher story, the origin of the placebo effect myth, likely didn’t happen
Mike Hall
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26th February 2025
Placebo Effect
An overdose on placebo pills can cause adverse reactions… but not because of the nocebo effect
Mike Hall
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3rd February 2025
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People with Alzheimer’s deserve care and dignity – not false hope of miracle cures
Lena Bohman
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29th January 2025
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The anti-fluoridation movement is born of public health mistrust and misinformation
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Paging Dr Superstitious: Why Singaporean medics believe steamed buns are bad luck
Bruce Phang
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5th March 2025
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A psychic child bride and ghostly inspiration: the invention of chiropractic
Michael Marshall
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28th February 2025
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From the archive: Scratching Fanny – the accusant ghost of Cock Lane
Richard Whittington-Egan
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25th February 2025
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The Telepathy Tapes is wrong – autistic children don’t have supernatural powers
Michael Marshall
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31st January 2025
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From the archive: Martian waterways – the story of the canals of Mars
Sean O'Brian
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28th January 2025
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24th February 2025
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Contorium: how a conspiracy narrative embraced a Turkish parody crystal
Serdar Basegmez
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14th February 2025
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The Southport attack wasn’t ideologically motivated; the misinformation around it is
Michael Marshall
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7th February 2025
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Understanding the origins of the 15-Minute City panic takes just 30 minutes
Tim Jokl
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5th February 2025
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Left-wing conspiracy theories and ‘missing’ votes in the wake of Trump’s election win
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A psychic child bride and ghostly inspiration: the invention of chiropractic
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28th February 2025
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The Beecher story, the origin of the placebo effect myth, likely didn’t happen
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An overdose on placebo pills can cause adverse reactions… but not because of the nocebo effect
Mike Hall
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3rd February 2025
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The Telepathy Tapes is wrong – autistic children don’t have supernatural powers
Michael Marshall
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31st January 2025
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People with Alzheimer’s deserve care and dignity – not false hope of miracle cures
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When shows like Pod Save America run pseudoscience ads, they undermine their credibility
Michael Marshall
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22nd February 2021
Podcast hosts have a real intimacy with their listeners - that trust is eroded when they advertise snake oil supplements and pseudoscience
Skepticism
Monkey Business: humans aren’t alone in recognising a good bargain
Deborah Hyde
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15th February 2021
Macaques have been observed trading tourists' possessions for food - showing humans aren't the only ones to understand good value
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Putting Some Skeptical Mantras to Bed
Jonathan Jarry
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28th January 2021
As skeptics, we hear the same sayings and mantras repeated again and again, but we rarely pause to consider if they're useful... or even true
Conspiracy Theories
Cheap talk skepticism: why we need to push back against those who are ‘just asking questions’
Aaron Rabinowitz
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8th January 2021
'Cheap talk' skepticism - coming at little cost to the doubter, but significant cost to others - is undermining genuine skeptical inquiry.
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How to spot medical misinformation in a pandemic: our top 10 tips
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30th December 2020
As medical misinformation and dubious claims continue to spread, we present our guide to help you separate fact from fiction.
Skepticism
Rebecca Fox… On the edge
Rebecca Fox
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11th December 2020
Skepticism isn't something you are, it's something you do - when we realise that, it frees us to do skepticism our own way
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On not being wrong: Personal reflections from a lifetime of skepticism
Chris French
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7th December 2020
An important part of proper scepticism is to always be open to the possibility that you might be mistaken in your beliefs
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Beyond COVID-19: the issues skeptical activists across Europe are facing
Claire Klingenberg
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30th November 2020
COVID-19 is understandably getting all the headlines, but there are plenty more fronts in the pan-European battle against pseudoscience.
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