It is a common skeptical mantra that "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" - but is this true, or is it simply setting unlikely ideas up to fail?

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From the archives: Creationism and Noah’s Ark – founders on the facts

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

Whisper it quietly and go heavy on the caveats, but David Icke is right

In this one, limited, highly-specific, and particularly niche way, yes, David Icke was actually right about something.

Electronic advertising is a climate crime that makes our public spaces more hostile

The giant screen at Euston Station boasts of saving energy, while using more electricity than the average street, just to serve us adverts we didn't consent to see

The Wikipedia conspiracy that wasn’t; or, why Wikipedia says Roswell was a balloon

UFO believers claim a grand CIA-funded conspiracy is hiding the truth about UFOs on Wikipedia, but editors of the world's largest encylopaedia are just following the site's rules

From the archives: Magicians, mediums, and psychics

From the archives in 1987, David Alexander reveals of the trade secrets of "psychic" mediums, and the magic tricks they employ.

The strange and deeply unlikely tale of Gef the talking mongoose

Gef the talking mongoose - supernatural resident of an Isle of Man farmhouse - is legendary in skeptical lore... even if he was merely the invention of a 13 year old girl

Blue Pill or Red Pill: the effects of “The Pill Cabinet” and the formation of incel worldviews

Misogynistic and glorifying violence, the incel movement is a misguided reaction to feminism, and the idea that a loss of privilege is a form of oppression
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