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Vote for 2017’s Ockham Awards for Excellence in Skeptical Activism
Thank you for all your votes for last year’s Skeptic Magazine Ockham Awards. These awards are our way of highlighting the great work done by activists from our community, and the ceremony is hosted by the UK’s annual convention in Manchester – QEDcon, by Professor Richard Wiseman.
Alt-Med
Diluting Homeopathy … even further
The announcement on Friday 21st July that NHS England intends to prevent GPs from prescribing homeopathic remedies was greeted
Society & Culture
RIP Hitch
Anthony Burns ruminates on Hitch’s persistent preoccupations, and wonders aloud about that supposed move from left to right “For a
The Paranormal
Beware the App-aritions!
Hayley Stevens gets her smartphone out and goes ghost-hunting Imagine the scene – a darkened room, the promise of ghosts.
Cryptids
Werewolves
A werewolf attacks a man Hans Baldung Grien From Die Emeis (1516) Guest Contributor: Deborah Hyde Johann Geiler von
Hilary Evans Paranormal Picture Gallery
Hilary Evans (1929-2011) was a generous contributor to The Skeptic. The images are from The Mary Evans Picture Library.
