Bad PR

Fake products, fake doctors, fake testimonials – the unchecked menace of online ads

Michael Marshall -
A herbal patch claimed to be as good as Ozempic but it was a scam served up by an online advertising system optimised around fakery.
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Paranormal

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Nutrition

How ultra-processed food fear can fuel anxiety and disordered eating

Maeve Hanan -
The mainstream panic around ultra-processed foods is contributing to food anxiety at a time when disordered eating is on the rise.
Religion

The Good Counsel Network and young, anti-abortion Catholic women

Abigail Kennedy -
The Good Counsel Network draws young Catholic women into the anti-abortion movement with support, community, and a sense of shared purpose
History

What little you know about Jack the Ripper’s victims is almost certainly wrong

Mike Hall -
Despite all of the sensationalised coverage of the murders of Jack the Ripper, his victims are seldom more than an afterthought in history
Archive

From the archives: Are New Age ideas damaging the feminist viewpoint?

Lucy Fisher -
From the archives in 1992, Lucy Fisher looks at the New Age movement, and its targeting and exploiting of female empowerment
Technology

Why billionaire Peter Thiel is suddenly talking about the antichrist

Aaron Rabinowitz -
Billionaire Peter Thiel has the ear of politicians at the top of the US government - so his recent lecture series on the antichrist ought to be particularly concerning
Politics

Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness: How do we measure happy countries?

Tim Jokl -
Instead of measuring the success of countries by GDP, we should pay more attention to how happy they are, and what contributes to that happiness
Technology

Has Elon Musk invented a magic device to reduce your electricity bill? (No)

Michael Marshall -
Websites promising an end to high energy costs, thanks to a miracle device developed by Elon Musk, draw people into a scam that's too good to be true
Paranormal

The BBC’s NightWatch is a control group for Ghost Hunting TV

Hayley Stevens -
West Country comedy siblings Daisy May and Charlie Cooper's Nightwatch shows how mundane ghost-hunting actually is, when you're not faking it for ratings
Archive

From the archives: Premanand, Scourge of the Indian Godmen

Lewis Jones -
From the archives in 1992, Lewis Jones reports from Indian skeptic and rationalist Premanand's public talk in London, about his life's work
Paranormal

A forgotten sceptic: William M. Knox, the one-eyed atheist of Belfast

Madeleine Goodall -
Writing in the late 1800s, Irish atheist William M. Knox took aim at the emerging trend of spiritualism, séances, and communicating with the dead
Religion

J.D. Vance, religious conversion, and the battle over identity

Gabriel Andrade -
J.D. Vance has been criticised for hoping his Hindu wife might convert to Catholicism, but does that differ from skeptics and atheists spreading doubt?

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