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A psychic child bride and ghostly inspiration: the invention of chiropractic
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New Year, New You, New Woo: 2025’s health and beauty ‘microtrends’
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The abuse of the scientific method in so-called alternative medicine
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27th January 2025
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Bruce Phang
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5th March 2025
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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
Elissar Gerges
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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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Dave Hahn
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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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NATO was created to ensure peace – disinformation seeks to undermine that
Tom Williamson
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3rd 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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24th February 2025
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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
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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
Lena Bohman
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29th January 2025
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From the archives: a 1987 interview with CSICOP chairman Paul Kurtz – part one
Wendy M. Grossman
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14th March 1988
From the archives in 1988, Wendy Grossman interviews CSICON chair and leading American skeptic, Paul Kurtz.
Archive
From the archive: S.G. Soal – A statistical master of deception
Chris Scott
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2nd March 1988
From the archives in 1988, Chris Scott recounts Soal's experiments, which suggested precognitive abilities, but turned out to be statistical fakery
Archive
From the archives: Creationism and Noah’s Ark – founders on the facts
Stephen Moreton
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19th November 1987
From the archives in 1987, Stephen Moreton looks at the creationist movement of the time, and the flaws with believing in a literal Noah's Ark
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From the archives: Magicians, mediums, and psychics
David Alexander
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1st November 1987
From the archives in 1987, David Alexander reveals of the trade secrets of "psychic" mediums, and the magic tricks they employ.
Archive
From the archives: Soviet intercontinental missiles and the professional Spanish ufologist
Luis Alfonso Gamez Dominguez
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27th July 1987
From the archives in 1987, Luis Alfimso Gamez Dominguez examines a UFO report from El Pais, and the Spanish ufologist Juan Jose Benitez
Archive
From the archives: media clippings from the death of Doris Stokes
The Skeptic
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1st July 1987
From the archives in 1987, The Skeptic looks at media reporting surrounding the death of noted "psychic medium" Doris Stokes
Archive
From the archives: The monstrous myth at Loch Ness
Steuart Campbell
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20th May 1987
From the archives in 1987, writer and cryptozoologist Steuart Campbell looks at the history of Loch Ness monster mythology
Archive
From the archives: Tolerating continued uncertainty – leaving cases unexplained
Peter O'Hara
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30th January 1987
From the first ever issue of The Skeptic, Peter O'Hara explains why it's OK to accept something as 'unexplained' - and why that doesn't mean it's 'unexplainable'.
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