Brazilian academia has shown itself to be a receptive home - and a lucrative source of funding - for Reiki and its practitioners
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What age was actually considered ‘old’ in Medieval Europe?

Our assumption that life expectancy in the past was significantly lower doesn't make sense, and is based in a mathematical misunderstanding

AI authoritarianism? We should be wary of outsourcing our thinking to the machine

If we outsource our decision making to AI, we unwittingly train ourselves to accept its natural bias towards the status quo, and conservatism

Dear people of TikTok: I, the editor of The Skeptic, am obviously not a flat earther

Millions of TikTokers viewed claims that all pilots know the earth is flat... except, I'm the person in the videos, and that's not what I said

The UK has some of the safest tap water in the world – despite what Water2 claim

Water2 sells pricey water filters to rid your tap water of harmful contaminants – the problem is, UK tap water is already incredibly safe

From the archives: Spirits at Large – a skeptical visit to a spiritualist church

From the archives in 1991, Lucy Fisher visits her local spiritualist church and is underwhelmed by the shows of clairvoyance

Teaching Nigerian primary school children the importance of asking questions

Instead of traditional rote learning and memorising, the questionstorm project encourages children to explore by asking questions

From sacred signs to golden urns: The oddities of Dalai Lama Succession

The Dalai Lama's successor - by definition, his reincarnated self - is nothing but superstition and mysticism, however it is chosen

Social media’s mental health advice is no substitute for therapy

Social media is overflowing with mental health discourse and therapy language, but none of it is a substitute speaking to a qualified professional
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