From the archives in 1993, Brian W. Haines on the spate of claims that people on the verge of death have a Near Death Experience, and see a bright tunnel.
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From the archives: Quackupuncture – A question of medical ethics 

From the archive in 1992, HB Gibson looks at the rise and fall - and rise again - of medical acupuncture in Western society.

For all the claims of governments and Big Tech, cybersecurity is far from scientific

Rather than accept at face value claims that cybersecurity measures will make us safer and more secure, we need to ask for proof before we hand over our data.

The rise in chronic disease doesn’t necessarily mean we are getting sicker

Robert F. Kennedy Jr is right to say chronic disease is on the rise – but it's due to a population that's living longer and less likely to die from disease.

No, artificial sweeteners do not cause cognitive decline

A Brazilian cohort study made headlines with claims artificial sweeteners cause cognitive decline, but the evidence it presents is weak at best.

From the archives: The controversial phenomenon of ball lightning 

From the archive in 1992, Steuart Campbell questions whether 'ball lightning' is a real phenomenon, or a series of misattributions.

In a world of eight billion unique minds, what even is ‘neurotypical’, anyway?

Rather than attaching labels to each facet of neurodiversity, we could be identifying what support people need for their best chance of success.

‘Capturing Bigfoot’ may yet offer definitive proof that Bigfoot was nothing but a hoax

If the upcoming documentary 'Capturing Bigfoot' proves the famous Bigfoot footage was a hoax, it should put an end to belief in Bigfoot – but don't count on it.

The ancient alien legacy of the late pseudo-archaeologist, Erich Von Däniken

The death of Erich Von Däniken earlier this year leaves behind a pseudohistorical ancient-alien legacy tinged with its author's racist views.

From the archives: Cold Comfort for Cold Fusion 

From the archives in 1992, Malcolm Glasse reports on the bogus cold fusion claims of Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann.

Are you sure that’s what they said? Down the rabbit hole of academic citations

Academic writers should always take care to check their citations – or they can find themselves repeating assertions based on a misread of a misread.

Peter Duesberg is dead, but his legacy of AIDS denial lives on in Joe Rogan

Podcaster Joe Rogan has spread 1980s-era AIDS denial rhetoric with disconcerting frequency, based on the discredited work of Prof Peter Duesberg.
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