Skepticism

From the archives: UFOs Over Russia

From the archives in 1990, Tom Ruffles asks whether the UFOs seen over Russia were alien visitors taking advantage of glasnost

A search for meming: fighting the mind-virus virus

The meme of religion as a "mind virus" oversimplifies how we come to our beliefs, and actively harms our attempts to encourage people to question dogma

From the archives: What is Hypnosis?

From the archives in 1990, Lewis Jones takes a skeptical look at the history of hypnotism, and the studies that sought to understand it

From the archives: Hypnosis and the Occult

From the archives in 1990, H.B. Gibson debunks the links between hypnotism and the occult, and puts forward his own contemporary understanding of hypnotism

The Ockham Awards 2024: recognising the best in skepticism, and the worst in pseudoscience

Nominations for the 2024 Ockham Awards are now open, with our annual award for Skeptical Activism and our Rusty Razor award for pseudoscience.

From the archives: Romancing the Stone – The lure of alchemy continues

From the archives in 1990, Tom Ruffles examines the ongoing allure of alchemy

From the archives: Jacques Benoit’s (failed) experiments with telepathic snails

From the archives in 1988, Toby Howard recounts the 19th Century attempts to create a 'snail telegraph' - based on the notion that snails were telepathic

From the archives: Heaven and Earth – Is the ‘curse of Tutankhamen’ a curse at all?

From the archives in 1988, Mike Hutchinson examines the evidence for and against the supposed curse of Tutankhamen
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