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From the archives: Urban legends – a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend

Toby Howard -
From the archives in 1990, Toby Howard takes a look at urban legends, and how untrue stories pass around as tales from a friend of a friend
Media

When it comes to science, the standard has to be truth and accuracy – not false balance

Hayley Stevens -
When it comes to matters of science, giving equal time to promoters of misinformation might make for 'good TV', but it is wholly irresponsible
Archive

From the archives: On Coincidences – Chance can be a fine thing

Clive Hunt -
From the archives in 1990, Clive Hunt looks at the role of chance and probability in explaining paranormal claims
Archive

From the archives: The Moses Barrier – the paranormal takes over where religion left off

Lewis Jones -
From the archives in 1990, Lewis Jones looks at where religion ends and where pseudoscience and the paranormal take over
Psychology

Comparing misinformation to a virus is neither accurate nor useful in preventing its spread

Ariana Modirrousta-Galian, Phil Higham, Tina Seabrooke -
Portraying misinformation as a virus assumes we're all equally susceptible, and risks distracting us from solutions to the problem it poses
Archive

From the archives: UFOs Over Russia

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

A search for meming: fighting the mind-virus virus

Blake Smith -
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
Archive

From the archives: What is Hypnosis?

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